Digital Home Thoughts: The AMD FX Eight-Core Processors Are Coming

"AMD fans have endured a long wait for this, while being reduced to spectators as Intel spews out an ever-increasing horde of Sandy Bridge variants and builds up the hype around its next-gen Ivy Bridge architecture. But the new FX series of processors is finally here and will be available to buy in the next few days, with the top-end FX-8150 priced at $245 in exchange for eight cores, a 3.6GHz base clock speed and easy over-clocking to 4.8GHz using the packaged Overdrive software."

If you're an AMD fan and have been waiting for something that competes with Intel's Core i processors, you're in luck. AMD is about to release their new FX series of processors. The top of the line model is the eight core FX-8150 with a base processor speed of 3.6 GHz which over-clocks to 4.8 using the packaged Overdrive software. This eight core processor will cost you $245 which compares favorably to Intel's Core i7.

This same story basically is echoed through out the FX line. Same or better performance to comparable models at a lower price when compared to Intel's product. Take a look at Engadget's review available via the link.