Makes me want to start building PCs again...

[Meat-O-Rama]

I can't believe how cheap an 8 core 4Ghz processor can be. Last time I built a PC, 2 x dual core processors was pretty big time. Now AMD throws this out there.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I can't believe how cheap an 8 core 4Ghz processor can be. Last time I built a PC, 2 x dual core processors was pretty big time. Now AMD throws this out there.

These are the second generation bulldozers right? I have a first generation AMD FX-4170 quad core running at 4.2Ghz with 8mb L3 Cache that cost me around 140 last winter.
Wonder what the power consumption is on the one you listed is?

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

From reading the Anandtech review, it looks like AMD has made some nice improvements. It's still not really in the same ballpark as Intel on single-threaded stuff, but it's really nice for the multi-threaded stuff.

 

[YosemiteSam]

My home PC is a 6-core AMD at 3.3Ghz. (not overclocked) I have yet to even get close to making the CPU a bottleneck. :laugh2: