One of the best for the AMD platform
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PC Parts Depot fulfilled for Amazon I ordered the next day shipment since I wanted to get my comp up and running over the weekend. I received it promptly at 10:30am.
Brand new unopened box everything inside shipped with bios 1201 ready for my FX8350. Working perfectly so far. It's nice having 2way Crossfire at 16x, 2 MSI r7970's folding 24/7 except for when I game. Easily overclocked my FX8350 to 4.7 load-line calibration made a huge difference.

My old GA-990FXA-UD5 rev 1 Great board if using 1 card. 2 cards the second could only run at 8x because the second 16x slot was too close causing the 1st card to run too hot unless water-cooling .The 8x slot blocked the use of the usb 3.0 header rendering the front ports of my case useless.
An issue Asus remedied by moving the header port to the middle of the board near the edge above the sata ports and better placement of the second 16x slot. Overall Great board and Great features.
1053323
The MSI Rx 480 Gaming X 8GB GPU is amazing. Much better than my old MSI R9 380. I can definitely enjoy my games pretty much maxed out at 1080p, and I absolutely enjoy it. I use Afterburner for a custom fan curve, and have noticed that even under heavy load, this RX runs much cooler than my old R9 did. The power consumption is much less that the earlier generation as well, which lends itself to the cooler performance.
I am a huge "fan" of the MSI TwinFrozr cooling solution. It looks better than those on the competitor cards, such as ASUS or EVGA, and it super quiet.
Yes, this card is a little large, but if you read the dimensions, you should be aware of its size. measure your case before hand. This is user issue, not MSI issue. This card is a little longer and wider than my R9 380, but it's not obnoxiously heavy.

The lights on the card are cool. The R9 didn't light up along the edges of the cooler like this one does. I do wish I didn't have to use MSI Gaming App to control the LED though, since I cannot have Afterburner and MSI Gaming App working at the same time. Sorry MSI, but Afterburner is my app for fan curve and OC. I wish you'd have the app for LED only, so it wouldn't mess with anything else from Afterburner.

I attached a picture of my Unigine Valley run. This is on stock FX 6350, no OC on either the CPU or the GPU. Haven't had time to mess with OC much, and can provide an update once Ryzen arrives.

Great card. I will be purchasing another for Crossfire in the future.

*** Update, so I did purchase another for Crossfire. I've been waiting on one last part to assemble my new PC. The only thing I'm dissappointed in isn't the product, but the reseller. They aren't supporting the AMD promotion for free Doom with purchase of an RX 480 GPU. Kind of wish I could return this and purchase through Newegg; however, after the cost of returning and the slightly higher price on Newegg, I could just buy Doom. Kind of lame. I contacted them, and they stated they don't support the promo.

Otherwise, great products. MSI knows what they are doing.
4720548
I just wanted to be light-hearted on the title, my review is honest and unbiased without coercion by anyone other than my own accord. Having said that, I utilize Pentium and AMD CPUs in various setups I own, and I've been working with AMD processors since the Phenom X4. This one was an upgrade from the FX-6100, which does not dissapoint with 16gb of RAM and a GTX750 Ti 2gb video card on a 40" 4K screen. It's true that it does run hot though, so be sure to get a better cooler than stock or you may experience lockup/freezing. Other than that, I'm happy with the improvement!
4341471
So far so good. AMD never failed me. The CPU works flawlessly so far. I am running at 10% O.C. since day one and the temp is ~30 idle and <50 when heavy load. Excellent CPU, highly recommended.
3266087
I upgraded my AMD 939 socket 4400+ to this AM2 socket 6000+ CPU and I'm very satisfied with the results. You can get a better deal by overclocking a Intel chip but if you're just looking for fast, reliable, value CPU this AMD chip's the solution. The only reason I'm rating it four stars is the fact this chip runs a little hot. Using the cool n quiet function, my CPU was running at 45C at 1300 RPM on the fan. After I turned off this function on my CPU fan and set it to maximum I was able to achieve 35C at 2400 RPM. So at the cost of performance, my computer's sound went up. But I'm still very happy with the results. Highly recommend.
4772279
my first cpu purchase was an amd 64 x2 5600 and I have been a fan of the brand ever since.
other amd cpu's I have purchased and used include the Sempron x1 140 (3 of them), the athlon II x3 435, the phenom II x4 965, the fx-4100 x4 and now the a10-7850k x4.
all performed soundly and up to specs.
I am not a gamer so I can't speak to that side of things, however, I found that the a10-7850k runs surprisingly cool, overclocks nicely and lives up to the hype.
the main selling points for me were: 95w, r7 graphics, 12 compute cores and the amd brand.
with amd the price-to-performance ratio can not be beat in my opinion and their reliability is top notch.
I have not purchased any other brand of cpu/apu up to this point and I do not  anticipate doing so in the future.
4550616
This is an excellent card with great build quality by MSI.  It has been extremely quiet for me and so far has allowed me to max out everything I have including Shadow of Mordor and Far Cry 4.

There are issues with the AMD drivers and I expect them to be pretty much gone within a few revisions, but I've only experienced one or two crashes.

I would give it 5 stars if it weren't for the drivers not being mature, but that's nothing new with new cards.

EDIT:  I wanted to add that the cooler on the card is very big, this card takes up 3 slots instead of the normal 2, so be prepared.
1442443
This is a very nice and user friendly unit and simple to install on amd platform . I have a asus crosshair formula IV mb and a 955be chip running at 4 ghz very stable with this unit . Andrew at coolit systems tech support was very helpful . When i first turned my new build on the unit started beeping then went away . Wasnrt sure if that was normal so i called coolit systems to make sure . The Vantage needs a 3 pin 12 volt power connecter to funtion right . My mb had a 4 pin for the cpu and the vantage fan was spinning at 2500 rpm . Andrew at coolit systems explained how the coolit vantage works . The lcd readout on the unit does not give you the cpu temp it gives the coolent temp and as the temp of the cooolent raises the rpm on the coolit vantage raises . It all made very good sense to me . My temps average around 43c under load with 955be overclocked to 4 ghz idle average around 34 c at idle . I cannot say enough about this unit and the support that comes with it . Very impressed indeed !
4722704
Needed an affordable and overclockable update to my 4100 and this exceeded my expectations. ^^ Thank you AMD!
2290377
Runs perfectly stable on a 1150 i7 platform. As I am not overclocking it but I am aware of the potential. Also it's low profiled heatsink really helps if you use a gargantuan CPU heatsink. No issue so far, rocking hard for 2 years in a quite hot environment.
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I got this trinity core to build a computer for a friend who needed a machine to perform office duties as well as casual gaming on the side. I was reluctant due to the fact this APU is a CPU and GPU on a single die and was concerned about the architecture and heat output/voltage. However, most worries were squashed once I installed Windows 7 Ultimate. Most applications run crisp, and can also handle most games very well.

This processor is probably most likely best bang for the buck within the Trinity line. However, if you have the extra $10~20, go for the A10 since it has slightly better frequency and better graphics unit.

Runs DOTA and LOL comfortably at 60Hz at 1920x1080. Runs CS:GO around 40~80fps at 60Hz at 1280x720.

Build:

AMD A8-5600K
Gigabyte A85
PNY 1866 2x4Gb
Western Digital Black Caviar 1TB
Corsair CX430
Rosewill ATX Mid Case

CAVEAT:

For fps/racing gamers who need a budget build, do not go for this APU. The APU is not strong enough to handle games at high settings and crossfiring with a 6670 or 6690 makes no sense. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html - AMD drivers are buggy at this point and will likely yield microstuttering. It is better to get a Benghazi cores with a medium line gpu. Also, make sure you get the A85 and a 1866mhz RAM to get full performance from the APU.

For enthusiasts:

Although A8-5600K is unlocked, do not overclock on the standard stock cooling that is issued with the APU. Although there are several website that claims you can increase the multiplier settings from 11x to a 14x and a voltage increase to a 1.5V, it actually brought worse performance when tested.
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I'm an avid PC gamer. I am currently playing top tier games on a 4K ACER monitor at high or even ultra with 60+fps. Battlefield 4 is getting solid 60-80fps on ultra everything. Overclocking is a breeze with the EVGA Precision software.  There is some hype about this card getting too hot on the VRM's. This only affected a tiny tiny amount of cards and is not an issue. EVGA is one of the best in the PC world for a reason. Very very happy with this card and is noticeably better than my R9-390. Pascal is a beast.
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This is an 8 core unlocked AMD processor for the AM3+ socket. It is currently the "performance" platform for AMD. There have been many improvements since AMD launched the bulldozer architecture 3 yeas ago. However, the motherboards for this platform are using 3 year old technology. So for a new build, one can consider the AM3+ platform as a "dead end" in terms of upgrade-ability.

Now onto the good stuff. As I mentioned it is part of the latest line of improvements in the AM3+ architecture. Its an unlocked CPU, meaning its multiplier is unlocked for greater overclocking potential. Therefore paying more for a CPU with a faster clock speed is mitigated by the overclocking potential. So for folks that can use 8 cores with lots of multitasking, I recommend this base model. I am very happy with my purchase, upgrading from a AMD X4 965 for the multitasking performance improvements. This is just slightly better than the 965 for gaming with a mild overclock.

For gaming on a budget, I would recommend the 6 core FX 6300, or a core i3 Intel platform. Spending more than $150 on an 8 core CPU however is not recommended, unless its an Intel core i7. So this is the sweet spot for 8 core performance for folks already using the AM3+ platform.
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THIS CARD IS A BEAST. has destroyed everything I've thrown at it in 1080p, 1440p and my ultrawide at 1080x2560. It will work for a lot of 4k games as well but I really desire 120+ fps and wouldn not expect to get that at 4k in most games with maxed graphic settings. I have not had any issues with noise with the stock cooler or any issues with throttling. card stays much cooler than I thought it would. self proclaimed amd fan boy but this card is just fantastic.
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Pros: Replaced my 8800 gts 512 (g92) with the GTX 295. Here are the numbers. Far Cry 2 went from avg of 10.5 FPS to 45 avg FPS - 1920-1200 maxed out w/8xAA under DX10. Crysis went from unplayable (less than 10 FPS) to 34 FPS with 1600x1200 and ultra high settings and 8xAA with Dx10! To say that I am pleased is an understatement. Crysis looks like a new game with everything turned on. Drivers seem to be stable and installation could not have been easier. I bought this to get some more life out of my 775 based machine and this has done the trick. You won't be disapointed with this card.

Cons: None, with the product.

Other Thoughts: Rig as follows: OC'D TO 3.8GHZ, Tuniq tower, GA-EP45-UD3P, 8 gigs AOpen 6400, CM stacker tower w/1000 watt PS, GTX 295, Vista 64 Ultimate.

Specifications:

Model Brand: PNY

Model:VCGGTX295XPB

Interface: PCI Express 2.0 x16

Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA

GPU: GeForce GTX 295

Core Clock: 576MHz

CUDA Cores:480 (240 x 2)

Effective Memory Clock: 1998MHz

Memory Size: 1792MB

Memory Interface:896 (448 x 2)-bit

Memory Type:GDDR3

3D API

DirectX:DirectX 10

OpenGL:OpenGL 2.1

Ports

HDMI:1 x HDMI

DVI:2 x DVI

RAMDAC:400 MHz

Max Resolution:2560 x 1600

3D VISION Game Ready:Yes

SLI Support:Quad SLI

Cooler:With Fan

System Requirements: Minimum 680W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 46A)***

Power Connector:6 pin / 8 pin

Dual-Link DVI Supported Yes

HDCP Ready:Yes

Package Contents
  VCGGTX295XPB
  Driver Disk
  User's Manual
  DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
  S/PDIF Cable
302038
All this lacks is built in WiFi and a set of polished Crager 5 spoke wheels.  Lots of features for the price point, and I don't do a lot of AMD builds for my clients but I stuck a 9590 in this one with a good Noctua cooler and I'm either becoming an AMD fan again, or am just tired of Intel builds!  Board looks great, strong, has the right software and oh,  did I mention the price point??!  I even upgraded the client to a Fury from a Nano to stick with the Radeon theme with the money she (yes, girls game too!) saved.
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I was building a new AMD computer,and when I was planning out the parts and the money available to spend on the project, I went to Amazon and started searching.  Low and behold I stumbled upon the FX 4170, 4.2 GHz, quad core and checked all the specs and reviews.  Everyone was raving about the success they had using the FX4170, so I ordered one from Amazon; I couldn't believe how low the price was.  Once the package showed up, I installed it in the new computer - OH Yeah! It rocks! I put it on a decent Gigabyte motherboard, along with a 256GB SSD, 16GB DDR3 1600, and Windows 7. I saw warnings about if you're going to overclock it - definitely get an advanced cooling system, so I ordered a Antec 620.  Before I overclocked it it ran cool, after I overclocked it - there was a significant difference in the performance; but it is still running cool,without the liquid cooling system? I guess you'll have to make that decision when the time comes. Well anyway, as I said earlier - It Rocks! I let a few friends play on it and they were very impressed! All-in-all, you can't go wrong with the AMD FX4170, performance and price wise. The computer is powerful,and runs fast, I've thrown everything at it, and the FX4170 never faltered, it runs like a charm!