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I'd assume you'd be going with the FX series, which as far as I know are all unlocked. 

 

AMD has really fallen back on the high end CPU market though. Even their top of the line FX CPUs are behind some of Intel's mid-high range CPUs. For games at least. 

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I am intel fan boy, tracking all the latest and greatest of intel and so on. Now the question iz: I know on intel Z77 Z87 and Z97 are overclockable with K processor in them, what are the marks on AMD side of things? Do they have some lettering I need to pay attention, or are all of processor and mobo overclock ready?

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Black editions, mostly all of the FX line are unlocked..

 

But don't go for AMD if you already have Intel HW honestly

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May I ask why you are going AMD?

 

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What reason would one have to do this?

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I am intel fan boy, tracking all the latest and greatest of intel and so on. Now the question iz: I know on intel Z77 Z87 and Z97 are overclockable with K processor in them, what are the marks on AMD side of things? Do they have some lettering I need to pay attention, or are all of processor and mobo overclock ready?

 

So you are downgrading?

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I'd assume you'd be going with the FX series, which as far as I know are all unlocked. 

 

AMD has really fallen back on the high end CPU market though. Even their top of the line FX CPUs are behind some of Intel's mid-high range CPUs. For games at least. 

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My personal PC is Intel, as you can see in the signature, I need cheaper AMD machines for office and work :) As personal option I will never go red :D

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Pretty much all of the FX are overclockable, unless I missed something. Only Athlons with K and older ones "Black Editions" are overclockable.

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My personal PC is Intel, as you can see in the signature, I need cheaper AMD machines for office and work :) As personal option I will never go red :D

 

all FX and most athlons can be overclocked, not sure about APUs

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My personal PC is Intel, as you can see in the signature, I need cheaper AMD machines for office and work :) As personal option I will never go red :D

 

What kind of work?

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 since you ask about overcloking than amd is not that cheap. you need beefy motherboards.and why would you overclock an office pc?

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AMD is only worth it when buying the cheap AM1 4 core CPUs for a work ( typing documents, some BASIC editing of pictures and videos, watching 4K content) PC or as a small server.

 

For gaming, it is a BIG BIG downgrade (i'd know, i used to own an 8350 @ 5.1ghz).

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My personal PC is Intel, as you can see in the signature, I need cheaper AMD machines for office and work :) As personal option I will never go red :D

 

For work an office grab an I3 or Pentium

 

My g3220 pentium in my home server and in my pc at work are perfectly capable CPUs and cost very little, sure AMD have some bang for buck CPUs but I see no reason you HAVEEEE to go AMD

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It really depends on what kind of work. I like to know why you would need an overclocker anyways. How about an intel pentium anniversary edition?

 

The AMD is competitive in a value comparison, but depending on your needs and at a low enough price point there wont be enough difference for you to jump ship.

 

Also its not wise for a fanboy to go with a competitor, it will only be a let down regardless of performance.

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If you're not gaming or rendering, going with the Athlon 860k probably wouldn't be a bad choice. Think those would be better than Intel's Pentiums, but I believe you'd need a video card. Sooooooo...

 

For normal office work, a cheaper APU probably wouldn't be too bad. Add an SSD. There are only small form factor motherboards for the FM2+ socket anyways.

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all FX and most athlons can be overclocked, not sure about APUs

 

K-SKU APUs are overclockable even on non overclocking boards (mobo vendor dependent)...

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what i can only think of AMD chips for office work and sneaky gaming will be A10-7850K + 2133MHz RAMs

 

all hidden in a office looking slim PC chassis

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And any mobo on FX cpu whill be overclockable?

No, quite the contrary. Because FX CPUs are so inefficient and power hungry, they require high end motherboards to even function properly at stock speeds without throttling. If you want to overclock, you are looking at even higher end mobos with aftermarket cooling. You can probably outfit your office with locked i5s for less. Depending on the type of work being done, I would go for an i3 without knowing more.

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No, quite the contrary. Because FX CPUs are so inefficient and power hungry, they require high end motherboards to even function properly at stock speeds without throttling. If you want to overclock, you are looking at even higher end mobos with aftermarket cooling. You can probably outfit your office with locked i5s for less. Depending on the type of work being done, I would go for an i3 without knowing more.

 

I don't recall my 8320 ever throttling with the stock cooler at stock

 

But it does run hot as hell when it's overclocked. Why would you overclock an office PC is pretty beyond me. FM2 platform sounds more optimal

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I don't recall my 8320 ever throttling with the stock cooler at stock

But it does run hot as hell when it's overclocked. Why would you overclock an office PC is pretty beyond me. FM2 platform sounds more optimal

The motherboard will cause the throttling. It doesn't happen to everyone, but happens to a lot of people. A lot of times, FX users buy a low end 970 thinking it will work just fine, only having to buy a new motherboard shortly after because the VRMs are throttling.

The processor itself overheating and throttling can happen as well, but the VRMs are the main concern on these low end mobos.

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The motherboard will cause the throttling. It doesn't happen to everyone, but happens to a lot of people. A lot of times, FX users buy a low end 970 thinking it will work just fine, only having to buy a new motherboard shortly after because the VRMs are throttling.

 

Oh yeah ofc, it would be stupid to run FX-8XXX and up without an 990FX chipset and a 8+2 Power design. ESPECIALLY if you're overclocking. Anything less on such a high TDP CPU and you're asking for trouble.

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Oh yeah ofc, it would be stupid to run FX-8XXX and up without an 990FX chipset and a 8+2 Power design. ESPECIALLY if you're overclocking. Anything less on such a high TDP CPU and you're asking for trouble.

actually APU also have the similar issue

 

the lower end FM2+ boards do not have heatsinks on the VRM

 

the A10-7850k on the A58 boards will also throttle

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