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AMD FX 6300 Cpu
AMD FX 6300
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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HP Xeon E5 Cpu
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Intel Core i5 8600 Cpu
Intel Core i5 8600
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AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
With several new product releases over the last few weeks, AMD has been on a mission to gain back market share. While Trinity targeted the entry level crowd with a well rounded family of APUs, their Vishera FX-series firmly targets an enthusiast niche that doesn’t need or want onboard graphics...Read more
Six Piledriver cores at 5GHz? Don't mind if I doRead more
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Ryzen 5 1600 brings six cores and twelve threads to the lowest price point in the desktop market, an example of the inherent value of its unlocked multipliers.Read more
At just $219 with six cores and 12 threads, AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 could be a cash-strapped content creator's dream chip. Just don't expect to do serious overclocking without investing in a better cooler.Read more
AMD's Ryzen 5 1600, a six-core processor with twelve logical cores, turns out to be a cost-effective alternative to the only marginally faster Ryzen 5 1600X. The Ryzen 5 1600 even offers good overclocking potential, going beyond the clock limits of AMD Precision Boost and XFR.Read more
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The HP Z420 is a powerful, expandable workstation. It combines the power of a quad-core Intel Xeon processor with an Nvidia Quadro graphics to give you a powerhouse system that can grow along with your company.Read more
Intel Xeon Processor E5-1620 Sandy Bridge-EP Xeon Review 4C/8T 3.6GHz review | ServetheHomeRead more
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Intel's recently-released Core i5-8600 comes with an identical boost frequency as the i5-8600K, for a lesser price that happens to match that of the Ryzen 5 2600X. While base frequency might look low with 3.1 GHz, in reality, out of the box, the processor runs above 4 GHz all the time.Read more
It always seemed the overclockable Core i5 8600K would be the Intel Coffee Lake CPU that would steal my gaming heart. I was wrong.Read more
Intel's Coffee Lake-S flagship, the Core i7 8700K is - in our view - the fastest gaming CPU that money can buy right no…Read more
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM4LGA 1356LGA 1151
Component forPCPC
N/A
PC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit
N/A
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz3.6 GHz
N/A
4.3 GHz
Number of cores6646
Number of threads61246
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W65.0 W80.0 W35.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache8 MB16 MB10 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3L3
N/A
Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz2667.0 MHz
N/A
2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
N/A
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channels
N/A
Dual
N/A
Dual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesyes
N/A
yes
Thermal specification158.9 °F203.0 °F168.8 °F212.0 °F

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