AMD FX 6100 6-Core Processor, 3.3 6 Socket AM3+ - FD6100WMGUSBX

I was aware of the hype and negative press around the AMD Bulldozer cpus but I thought I would give them a go, and I have to say I'm pleased I did, as the FX 6100 is just terrific value for money, as for about £110 you are getting a 6 core processor, which you can overclock to the hilt. I am new to overclocking myself, but even I managed to test it out, as I overclocked it up to 4GHz, using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 fan, and the 6100 was still only showing temperatures around 33C degrees!! I've currently clocked it to 3.8 GHz for now. This is also really impressive because gaming wise, games also run very smoothly on it too, when overclocked, and I tried the 3DMark Vantage test, as at stock speed it initially run up 12700 marks in the cpu test, but overclocked up to 4GHz, it scored nearly 15000 marks!! Which means with that bit more overclocking you can get this cpu to run at the stock speed of a Phenom II X6 1090T, which is incredible! So for me the AMD Bulldozer FX-6100 is an incredible processor in itself especially when it comes to overclocking, its a real beast, and well worth it!

There have been some very mixed professional reviews of the AMD FX processors, and I would agree at the initial release price FX was not as appealing as it might be. However the price has fallen quite a bit since lauch, mix in quite a good AMD cashback offer and you are asking yourself one simple question. I'm looking for a CPU that has a good performance and is well priced. Welcome to the FX6100 from AMD ;-) You could of course buy an Intel i-3 CPU, but you want something that won't "run and hide" when things get a bit more demanding. I upgraded from an AMD quad core Phenom II 840 CPU and it's been well worthwhile a very easy update for 2/3/4 core AMD users except owners of the x6 Phenom II where the performance is similar to the lower x6 processors. But you now pay a lot less for the CPU so it evens things out. With video work there is a very strong performance really outstanding and a notable step up from the x4 processor. Photo/Video work this is a super choice for good performance, also speedy for software such as Winrar, 7zip It might not have been a super appealing £150 CPU, but at it's current price it's an outstanding bargain. May not score great on Itunes and some other benchmarks, but then with 6 cores/threads some of the review software simply won't run that well for this CPU. But I bet if I-tunes ran on more than a few threads this would score superbly. Let's put the blame on the software makers who should ensure they cater for multi threading properly. My own tests showed it scored 5800 odd on passmark (going well above 6000 with a small bump to 3.5GHz) v 4000 from the old 840 CPU, and it shaved a good 6 minutes off of a video conversion (27mins v just over 20mins with the 6100) I even managed to undervolt it and overclock it! (hint a good choice for quiet pc enthusiasts too) Runs even cooler than the 840 and is unquestionably quicker. Pros: Runs very cool Super bang per buck Very good performance for multi threaded applications Unlocked Cons: Performance mixed in low threaded applications, but still decent (ie it's in the heavy thread ones where you need the performance most) Easy 5 star for this simply cannot find fault at this price. A much better choice for heavy lifting v an i-3 processor (and cheaper too!)

Great CPU at 3.3ghz and auto Overclockable on my asus mob to 3.9ghz! faster boot time compared to my amd phenom iix 4 975 which was overload for 95 watt mobo (when i bought my mobo i looked at wrong board on asus website - it was the plus version lol 125 watt tdp lol) with 8gb basic kingston ram and asus eah hd radeon 6670 card also from amazon i am happy with what i have. can watch HD and blu-ray on full spec with the card. it's fast but records 7.3 on windows index. amd phenom iix4 975 recorded 7.5. so i will check again when i set it at turbo boost and see what i get but that is just shortening the cpu life for vanity sake. i say buy it or get yourself a phenom iix 6 or the 8 core while prices are cheap!!!!. i have to have the pleasure of those guys and may not need to because i do my high end gaming on xbox.

I ordered this AMD 6 core CPU as it was at an exceptionally special offer low price. AMD also had a £15 cash back which was credited directly into my bank account, so I got an unbelievably great deal. The CPU arrived on time, well packed, including a decent heatsink and fan with Thermal Paste already applied to the heatsink. So take care when you are fitting the heatsink on to the CPU. The heatsink fan is so easy to clip onto the CPU with a lever compared to the previous AMD CPU fans where I have had to use a screw driver to press the clip into place on the motherboard. I also bought from Amazon, the Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard (Socket AM3+, Up to 16GB DDR3, USB 3.0, uATX). The system I built is running Windows 2008 R2, 16GB RAM, on the ASUS board, AMD 6 core CPU, everything is running very smoothly. Right now I'm preparing the system with W2008 R2 HyperV and put as many virtual machines as I can on it including the new Windows 2012 Server, Windows 8 along with the now "ancient" W2003, Windows 7 and setup a virtual Active Directory Forest and Exchange 2010 - 2007 - 2003 Organization. So far so good, keeping my fingers crossed !!

I have been investigating upgrading my AM3+ motherboard and AMD Athlon II x3 425 Processor. I saw the FX-6100 with 6 cores at 3.3 GHz and thought this must be an improvement. Yes, it is better (faster and more efficient) than the 2 year old Athlon II 425 (at 2.7 GHz speed) I had, but it's really quite bad compared to Intel's current i3 processors for a similar price. Sadly, Intel's processors are much faster in general applications, like web browsing, and itunes and much more efficient. AMD is far behind the technology curve. To make things worse and somewhat perversely, the FX processors clock for clock and £ for £ are actually slower than the previous Phenom processors. Doesn't make much sense really. In terms of running costs, these FX processors use about 60% more power than an equally performing i3 Intel processor for the same task. This might not seem like an issue to most people, but if say for example you were using you PC 24/7 for one year, then you could easily spend an extra £70 on your electricity bill. Over a couple of years you may be better off with Intel. I'm not an Intel fan and I do think Intel processors are still initially expensive, but objectively the FX-6100 from AMD is really disappointing. I'm somewhat frustrated that AMD have not been able to produce a better upgrade solution for me.

Did the job.... upgraded to to the 8350 within a year mind... think that says it all.

Good product

arrived today i then put this into my computer & nothing it would not work.i have a ga-990fxa ud3 motherboard (rev 1.0) bios type f5 i then put back the phenom 11 x965 back & no problem it fired up first time. i am now sending the fx chip back for a replacement

El procesador es una maravilla, para todos los usuarios que no quieran jugar a juegos que requieren gráficas de 300€ o más. Va de sobra, y eso que tengo también un i5 (para el uso que le doy, sin diferencia) y un i7 2600 (aquí para un uso normal no se nota tampoco, pero es cierto que si pones todos los cores al 100% hay diferencia, y bastante). Sinceramente, me parece la opción perfecta para quien quiera un pc moderno sin dejarse un dineral. Sobre el ventilador ruidoso que comentan otros usuarios, no lo he notado, temperatura correcta, ruido normal. Buena opción por 101€.

Je souhaitais changer de processeur car mon vieux dualcore E6600 commençait à peiner. Il y a fort longtemps j'avais eu une première expérience avec AMD pas super et j'avais un peu laissé de coté cette marque. Mais le prix carrément moins chère qu'intel et l'expérience acquise depuis par AMD m'ont décidé à re-tenter l'aventure. Je trouve le processeur très performant et jouant en ligne avec SWTOR (1980x1080) aucun problème couplé avec ma CG Radeon 6850. J'ai choisit ce processeur plutôt que le 8 coeurs (qui n'était pas beaucoup plus chère) car il consomme moins sachant que sur ce point amd a pas mal de retard sur Intel. Dans une tour (antec hundred two) le processeur respire et son ventilateur d'origine fait très bien le travail sans bruit. Je recommande vivement ce produit pour les gameurs ainsi qu'aux autres qui ont un budget limité comme s'était mon cas (tourne avec une CM Gigabyte - 990FXA-UD3 -, 8 Go de ram et Windows 8 64 Bits)

Ich kaufte mir diesen prozessor da ich mir ein neues Mittelklasse Gaming system zusammen bauen sollte. Zuviel geld wollte ich dafür nicht ausgeben und so viel meine Wahl auf Den AMD FX6100, da dieser für gerade einmal 140 Euro ausreichend Leistung bot um auch moderne spiele ohne CPU-Limitierung spielen zu können. Diese Aufgabe meistert der FX6100 ohne jede probleme. Genug leistung ist unter anderem deshalb vorhanden weil der Prozessor von werk aus einen offenen Multiplikator besitzt. Dadurch ist es möglich den prozessor relativ unkompliziert zu übertakten. Ich erreichte durch eine Multiplikatorerhöhung eine stattliche erhöhung um 700 MHz pro Kern auf 4,0 GHz ohne die Vcore zu erhöhen. mit leichter spannungsanhebung sollen laut einschlägigen Foren aber auch 4,3 GHz möglich sein. Da jedoch 4 GHz für alle derzeitigen Anwendungen mehr als ausreichend sind, verzichtete ich hierrauf. Zum mitgeliefertem Boxed Kühler kann ich leider nichts sagen, da dieser bei mir nie benutzt wurde. Das einzige was auffällt, ist das AMD offensichtlich immer noch nicht dazu in der Lage ist die Sticker auf dem lüfter zentriert aufzukleben ;) Ich montierte einen Alpenföhn GroߎClockner der den prozessor angenehm kühl halt und dazu noch flüsterleise ist. eine zusatzinvestition von ca. 30, die sich in jedem fall lohnt. Vorrausgesetzt ist natürlich genügend platz im Gehäuse, da dieser wirklich Groß ist. Nähere infos bekommt ihr in meiner Rezension eben dieses Kühlers. Verpackt ist der Chip in einer recht kleinen Box die aber völlig ausreicht um den Inhalt vor Transportschäden zu schützen. Mitgeliefert wird außerdem die obligatorische betriebsanleitung sowie die Garantiehinweise. Mit dabei ist auch ein kleiner AMD Sticker fürs Board. Im Windows leistungsindex bekommt der prozessor bei Standardtakt eine 7,4. das ist ein ordentlicher wert. fazit: Für wenig Geld bekommt man einen Prozessor der ausreichend Leistung für aktuelle und zukünftige Anwendungen bietet. In zusammenhang mit einem günstigen aber gutem Gigabyte 970A-UD3 bekommt man eine Leistungsstarke günstige Prozessor/Mainboard kombo, die selbst für Gamer ausreichend Reserven bietet. Auch was übertakten angeht.

2011年秋発売のAMDのSocketAM3+のCPUの中ではミドルレンジとなるものです。 エクスペリエンスインデックスなどの数値については、具体的な分析の技術を持つ他の方がいずれ書いてくださるでしょうからそちらにお任せするとして……、 まず体感的なところで言えば、グラフィックボードなどとの組み合わせ次第で実用的に言えばちょっとした動画編集もいけますし、３Ｄオンラインゲーム目的でパソコンを自作する場合、GeforceGTX560Tiなど２万円程度のグラフィックボードと組み合わせればよほど重い最新のタイトルでもそれなりに対応できる能力があります。インターネットのブラウジングくらいなら、アイドル同然で楽に動いています。 温度は、ベンチマークソフトで負荷を掛けて、サイズの簡易水冷クーラー・アプサラス120との組み合わせでCoreTempでの確認では43度程度が上限でした。下限はアイドル時に５度とか表示していました。どこまで本当かは判りませんが、実際、排気の風の体感的なものからすれば、フル稼働時には確かに温風になりますが、アイドル状態だとほとんど発熱の無いものです。 CPUクーラーは付属品でも当然支障は無いと思いますが、従来のCPU製品ではミドルレンジのモデルに付属していたタイプのクーラーに近い形状ですので、オンラインゲームなどで常用する場合には別途大型や簡易水冷の物を用意した方が安心できますし、ファンの音も静かになると重います。ちなみに、SocketAM2〜AM3系のものがあるならそのまま流用できます。 自分は、今回は知人の依頼で「リネージュII（リネII）」の動作が安定するマシンをということで自作機改造の際のCPUに使用しました。 リネIIといえば2004年スタートとゲーム自体は古いですが、アップデートの都度に要求スペックが上昇し続け、結局現在でもそれなりにパワーのあるマシンじゃないと快適なプレイは難しいというオンラインゲームですが、さすがに元が古いゲームですし、ただ単純にプレイするだけなら、４コアのFX-4100でも十分足ります。 ただし、最近のプレイヤーは常時２つのアカウントを１台のパソコンで同時に動作させることが当たり前で、こうなるとけっこう強烈な負荷になり、ゲームの公式ホームページに記載されている推奨設定のクラスのCPU（Core2 Duo 6300以上）でも若干力不足で、バックグラウンドに常駐するセキュリティソフトなどまで考慮すれば、現在では４コアでも正直厳しいのが実情です。やはり６コアの威力は意外と大きいです。 TERAの様な最新のマルチコアCPUの使用を前提とした作りのオンラインゲームも試しましたが、６コアあれば余裕をもって動作します。……というか、６コアあるとさすがに高負荷な３ＤオンラインゲームでもCPUをフル稼働させるには至らない様で、Coretempなどのツールで見てもコアが２つくらい遊んでいる時が少なくありません。 そういう意味では、３Ｄオンラインゲームを一般的な形でプレイする限りは、このCPUで十分で、むしろグラフィックボードを強化するべきだと思われます。 値格を考えたら、費用対効果に優れたCPUだと思います。 これからはビジネスソフトなども含めてマルチコアCPU前提のアプリケーションが増えこそすれども減りはしないであろう事を考えれば、ゲーム機だけではなく、会社によっては５年単位のスパンで使用する事も多い、会社事務などの用途にも一考の余地があるのではないでしょうか。

grâce à ce processeur j'ai pu finir de monter mon ordinateur et il est très performant. merci pour le petit prix de cet article.