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AMD A8-3850 review

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Price when reviewed : £105
inc VAT

It can’t match Intel's processors in 2D applications, but the A8-3850 is a good value processor with impressive games performance

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As the A8 has similar core architecture to AMD’s two-year-old

However, the A8-3850 is an inexpensive processor. It costs just £105, which is £50 less than the Core i5-2500K and £30 less than the i5-2300. Seeing as it’s around two thirds the price of the 2500K and has two-thirds the 2D performance, it would seem that AMD has got its sums right. Throw in the graphics performance, which is good enough to play the latest titles at reasonable detail levels, and you have a great basis for a cheap gaming PC. Power users should still stick with Intel chips, but the A8-3850 still looks like the ideal basis for a budget home computer.

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Basic Specifications

Processor coreLlano
Rating*****
Processor clock speed2.9GHz
Processor socketFM1
Processor process32nm
Processor number of coresfour
Processor supported instructionsMMX, 3DNow!+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, x86-64, AMD-V
Processor multiplierx29
Processor external bus100MHz
Level 1 cache4x 64KB
Level 2 cache4x 1024KB
Processor level 3 cachenone
Supported memory typeDDR3 1866
Processor power rating (TDP)100W
Price£105
Supplierhttp://www.aria.co.uk
Detailswww.amd.com

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