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post #1 of 105
9/26/12 at 5:34am
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As you guys know the AMD Bulldozer has been getting alot of abuse since its release. my cpu on my signature pc fried and i had to get a new one without buying a motherboard and they dont sell phenoms anymore at the site i usually shop at so i chose the bulldozer. Is it worse? i would appreciate some info.
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9/26/12 at 5:36am
Which one did you buy?

You could have held out a few more weeks for Piledriver.
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9/26/12 at 5:38am
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Which one did you buy?
You could have held out a few more weeks for Piledriver.

I bought the 8150 black edition. i also have CoolIT Vantage watercooling system so im thinking about overclocking.
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9/26/12 at 5:39am
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I bought the 8150 black edition. i also have CoolIT Vantage watercooling system so im thinking about overclocking.

And i heard the piledriver arent made for desktop in the sence of gaming and such? im not sure.
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9/26/12 at 5:40am
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I bought the 8150 black edition. i also have CoolIT Vantage watercooling system so im thinking about overclocking.

tbh its not. on paper yes. but you shouldnt notice a differnce.
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9/26/12 at 5:42am
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tbh its not. on paper yes. but you shouldnt notice a differnce.

Wait its WORSE on paper? -.- i feel like i wasted my money tbh. wont i feel any improvements at all?
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9/26/12 at 5:44am
It's not quite that bad but it does deserve most of the carp it has gotten. If you got a FX-8120 or a FX-8150 and can get it up to a good OC (~4.5GHz) then you will see a small improvement. However if you got a FX-6100 congratulations you just downgraded.
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9/26/12 at 5:45am
I see it as if bulldozer was or is as bad as people say why did amd stop the phenom 2 series to carry on with bulldozer and not try and introduce a phenom x8 or phenom 3
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9/26/12 at 5:45am
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Wait its WORSE on paper? -.- i feel like i wasted my money tbh. wont i feel any improvements at all?

The 8150 isn't a bad processor at all. Its a beast at multi-threaded apps smile.gif. While gaming you won't see any real improvement though.
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9/26/12 at 5:45am
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Wait its WORSE on paper? -.- i feel like i wasted my money tbh. wont i feel any improvements at all?
The CPU you have now beats the 8150 in most applications...
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