athlon x4 950

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I can't find when will this processor will arrive to my country (Philippines) any idea?

[GrandNebSmada]

honestly probably never. this is probably true based on the fact that Ryzen is now out and theres pretty much no reason any more to ever buy an older processor like that

 

Hey, I could be wrong though! (but most likely not tbh)

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11 minutes ago, 5Beans6 said:

honestly probably never. this is probably true based on the fact that Ryzen is now out and theres pretty much no reason any more to ever buy an older processor like that

 

Hey, I could be wrong though! (but most likely not tbh)

This CPU is new just came out built on the older Excavator however. Don't recommend it over a Pentium 4560 or Ryzen 3 even if its cheaper. I recommend he emails Amd or amazon

 

Edit newegg does not ship to the Philippines 

[GrandNebSmada]

Just now, jdwii said:

This CPU is new just came out built on the older Excavator however. Don't recommend it over a Pentium 4560 or Ryzen 3 even if its cheaper. I recommend he emails Amd or amazon/newegg to see

oh wow, i didnt know the athlon series was still a thing

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7 minutes ago, 5Beans6 said:

oh wow, i didnt know the athlon series was still a thing

it just came last july, 
I've seen a lot of review on youtube and its beating g4560, 
another good thing is it runs on am4 board.

[Robert Morgan]

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oh wow, i didnt know the athlon series was still a thing

Yup. It and and the Pentium still have cult followings in places like Asia. It allows the user to build up a reasonably fast rig at rock bottom prices. The Athlon X4 doesn't have any built in graphics capabilities, so the user must buy a discrete graphic card. Some are built on A-Series technology, and are essentially an A9 or A10 without the graphics (going from memory on which A-series that is; I could be wrong). If you're going to buy the corresponding A-series CPU and a discrete card, then you may as well just buy the Athlon X4, save a few ducats on the CPU, and put the savings into a better card or memory. Anyway, that's the thinking that a lot of people have. I'm considering picking one up given how cheap they are and doing a poor man's gaming rig. 

 

Bob

 

 

 

[GrandNebSmada]

3 minutes ago, Robert Morgan said:

Yup. It and and the Pentium still have cult followings in places like Asia. It allows the user to build up a reasonably fast rig at rock bottom prices. The Athlon X4 doesn't have any built in graphics capabilities, so the user must buy a discrete graphic card. Some are built on A-Series technology, and are essentially an A9 or A10 without the graphics (going from memory on which A-series that is; I could be wrong). If you're going to buy the corresponding A-series CPU and a discrete card, then you may as well just buy the Athlon X4, save a few ducats on the CPU, and put the savings into a better card or memory. Anyway, that's the thinking that a lot of people have. I'm considering picking one up given how cheap they are and doing a poor man's gaming rig. 

 

Bob

 

 

 

But they are based off bulldozer architecture?

Or are they now essentially the pentiums of AMD's lineup and based on the new architecture?

[Robert Morgan]

The newer Carrizo ones are based upon Excavator, so 4th or 5th gen Bulldozer? Do I have that right?

 

EDIT:

Here's the newest, with Bristol Ridge:

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113456&cm_re=athlon_x4_950-_-19-113-456-_-Product

 

I'm always amazed at how far we've come from the original Pentium/Athlon days. Of course, neither CPU is really the original, only the names being recycled, but it's still amazing. My original Pentium and Athlon machines were top flight, super expensive machines back in the day, but this cheap, allegedly underpowered CPU would dominate them both.

 

Bob

Edited September 7, 2017 by Robert Morgan
To supply additional info.

[GrandNebSmada]

22 minutes ago, Robert Morgan said:

The newer Carrizo ones are based upon Excavator, so 4th or 5th gen Bulldozer? Do I have that right?

 

EDIT:

Here's the newest, with Bristol Ridge:

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113456&cm_re=athlon_x4_950-_-19-113-456-_-Product

 

I'm always amazed at how far we've come from the original Pentium/Athlon days. Of course, neither CPU is really the original, only the names being recycled, but it's still amazing. My original Pentium and Athlon machines were top flight, super expensive machines back in the day, but this cheap, allegedly underpowered CPU would dominate them both.

 

Bob

I know, I work with my dad and uncle at their computer business and after a while they collect a bunch of old computers from customers who upgraded so they tear them down and recycle them. But it amazes me because almost all of them were Dell Optiplex machines with Pentium IV's (there was even a Pentium III !) which were sooo fast when they bought them but now their literally so useless at processors even if you were to write your own custom OS that was super simple to just do one task it wouldn't even be worth it for the power cost

[Robert Morgan]

They're still great as retro gaming machines, or as general word processing machines. We had a TON of Dell Optiplexes at the high school I work at that were recently replaced. We begged them not to "retire" them, even with the Windows Vista they were running. Just toss them into the corner and let the kids type on them. Don't even hook them up to the internet. They were perfectly suitable for that but nope, the powers that be said they were too old and tossed them. Sad... The old stuff is still useful, just in the right arenas. Ubuntu can still breathe life into these older machines.

[drkknghtavngr]

NO! G4560 is still faster! Some of the Athlon vs G4560 on youtube are rigged af! However, If you are planning to upgrade soon or the type of person who upgrades yearly, I'd recommend the Athlon since you'll have a better upgrade path.