AMD FX Series FX-9370 8 Cores AM3+ 4.4GHZ Turbo 4.7GHZ 16MB DDR3-1866 Processor

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Very pleased with this purchase, no issues with the core and where my previous core was bottlenecking my video card this one has been handling everything very well. I am a heavy gamer with a focus on performance and graphics and this is exactly what I needed. I picked it up on a sale but it's definitely worth the full price.

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Bought as an upgrade from my 6 core 1100T. This cpu is much faster and works better in BF4. I actually got a better frame rate of about 10fps just by upgrading to this cpu. The only issue is this cpu has a 220tdp which is double the power consumption of my last cpu and as a result gets a little toasty. You will need a high end air cooler or what I use (Corsair H80 or better) just to keep it under control. Idles at 36c and jumps to 55c during gaming with BF4, that's a 20 degree jump when it's wide open.. keep that in mind. Other than that it's worth the money in my mind.

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I purchased this cpu along with a Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 Ver. 3.0 motherboard to replace my aging Phenom 2 965be. Ver 3.0 of this motherboard does not recognize this cpu properly and clocks the cpu at 3.8ghz. It did however set the right voltage (1.425). I am using a Noctua NH-C14 cooler and rather than cranking the cpu up to the proper speed I did 3 different settings. 1st at 4.4ghz 2nd at 4.7ghz and then a slight OC to 4.8ghz. I did not adjust the voltage just the cpu multiplier. I'm still running 1.425 volts and the system seems to be stable and running under 61 Celsius. At 100% the cpu will get too hot, but it seems to be fine during gaming and regular computer use whereas the cpu does not get fully used. My motherboard is telling me a peak of high 30's when gaming (which makes me doubt it) so I'm guessing it's in the 50's. I would definitely recommend a Water cooler (Corsair H100i) or better.My windows experience scores jumped from 7.4 7.4 7.9 7.9 7.5 TO - 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.9 with just the mobo and cpu change. My system boots faster and is overall noticably faster. Very pleased with this cpu despite all the negative reviews about it not being as fast as Intel's and being hot and power hungry. This is one of the current best desktop CPU's out there. Don't let the Intel fanboys convince you otherwise.

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you better buy a fx 8320 and overclock it to 4.5/4.7ghz You will have the same performance of the fx 9370 chip only for 159$ (Compared to 329$)