AMD A10 5800K APU processor review

Kohlendioxidus

2012-10-02 08:47

First of all THANKS FOR THE REVIEW as usuall nice done and good overview Hilbert. Second thing is: Why don't you run the benchies @ 1866 too?? We all know that increased RAM freq. have a huge impact over 3D expecially. I would never buy this APU and run it at 1600 Hz just for the sake of it or my "flat line".... Third thing is: Where are the overclock numbers?? 🤓 We are at Guru3D aren't we??

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Mufflore

2012-10-02 10:46

Third thing is: Where are the overclock numbers?? 🤓 We are at Guru3D aren't we??

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Overclocking -- We tried and we failed. Whatever we tried, in combo with our ASUS motherboard overclocking would not work. Even increasing the multiplier towards 4400 MHz would results into anomalies. We are certain this is a BIOS issue we stumbled into. But as such, no overclock results in today's article.

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Kohlendioxidus

2012-10-02 12:35

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ok, thanks for heads up, I've skipped that line.

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sykozis

2012-10-02 23:34

I like the "gaming results" compared to the FX-8150..... If I were AMD, I'd be a bit embarrassed seeing an entry-level processor outperform a "high-end" processor in Farcry 2 and and less than 5% slower in Battlefield BC2..... For someone looking for a budget system with integrated graphics, this could be a very decent deal depending on the actual price (which will obviously vary by location)... It appears to be $129.99 on Newegg for those in the US with the A8-5600K coming in at $109.99.

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sykozis

2012-10-03 02:46

and fanboy BS is pointless in my opinion... a "cheap" Intel CPU + dedicated graphics with comparable performance would cost more. $110-130 for a processor with capable iGPU....or $150+ for Intel CPU and dedicated graphics....

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Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2012-10-03 09:08

Why was benchmarking done with 1600mhz ram and not 1866mhz?

That's the default JEDEC frequency the memory controller uses and also most common used memory type.

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lucidus

2012-10-04 09:55

Don Hilbert specifically said that in the first page of this review.

Fixed :P

#4871588

BLEH!

2014-07-12 12:33

Hi Hilbert, Does the A85X chipset have an embedded RAID controller with a RISC chip? I'm trying to set up two HDDs in an "OS-blind" true hardware RAID 1 array for data storage and need to determine if I need to buy a discrete RAID card or not. Cheers!

It supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 IIRC. Not sure about the RISC chip, though, it's built into the southbridge like intel's stuff.

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Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2014-07-12 13:47

Hi Hilbert, Does the A85X chipset have an embedded RAID controller with a RISC chip? I'm trying to set up two HDDs in an "OS-blind" true hardware RAID 1 array for data storage and need to determine if I need to buy a discrete RAID card or not. Cheers!

No, if AMD would implement HW accelerated RAID into their chipsets each chipset would be like 50 EUR more expensive 😉 BTW half of the discrete RAID cards out there use the same trick. You need to spend some real cash of you want a true native RAID controller. Think Areca etc.

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BLEH!

2014-07-13 00:50

Ouch. Thanks for the definitive answer though. Any chance that the Areca ARC-1200 RAID adapter could work?

If you can get a PCIe card based on one, sure.