AMD Expands Reach Of Wraith Cooler To FX-8350, FX-6350 CPUs

[kcarbotte]

AMD recently launched its new Wraith cooler, which offers cooler and quieter operation than its previous CPU coolers. The company has just expanded the list of CPUs that include the new, improved cooler.

AMD Expands Reach Of Wraith Cooler To FX-8350, FX-6350 CPUs : Read more

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well, can't complain against a better cooler being bundled.

 

[maddogfargo]

The 8350 and 6350 already had some of the better stock coolers out there. Just the fans were extremely loud. Going to a larger fan and better airflow direction as well as higher fin count adds a little to the cost, but it is definitely a welcome improvement.

 

[Boof]

can we who own the 8350 already buy the coolder alone?

 

[jaber2]

Why didn't they do this when these CPU's were relevant.

 

[pierrerock]

if you are to buy an aftermarket cooler, there are better choices for cheap.

 

[envy14tpe]

Well, can't complain against a better cooler being bundled.

I think this is very smart of AMD and they should have done so sooner. It's a great way to add value to the CPUs. Intel has stopped selling a cooler along with K CPUs (which is probably why AMD did it).

 

[eklipz330]

Why didn't they do this when these CPU's were relevant.

oh yeah, i forgot how cpu's dissolve after a few years.

 

[BadLantzMaru]

I recently built a new PC for an elderly friend of mine and decided on a A10 CPU. Having a wraith would have been real fun, but it wasn't available. I'd love to see the wraith be an option FOR ALL THE THINGS!

 

[Quixit]

Why didn't they do this when these CPU's were relevant.

oh yeah, i forgot how cpu's dissolve after a few years.

He means when they weren't so hopelessly outperformed by their competition and you know it.

 

[TechyInAZ]

It's good to see DX12 giving 50% boosts to those old CPUs. Zen will really shine with DX12...

 

[captaincharisma]

nice move AMD. might as well just advertise that your CPUs consume more power and heat then the other brand

 

[alidan]

anyway to buy the cooler as a stand alone? i don't have bakeplate access and my current cooler is... not doing so good.

 

[Insomniac Jack]

Very nice I'm thinking about upgrading from my fx-6300 soon so this will be a nice addition if I go with the 8350

 

[jdwii]

Very nice I'm thinking about upgrading from my fx-6300 soon so this will be a nice addition if I go with the 8350

I'd just wait for zen that 6300 will be good enough to then save that 170 or so for zen and a board or Intel if you want to move over

 

[junkeymonkey]

well, I guess if you cant do anything in the cpu department may as well do something with the coolers to help promote sales of any kind ..

now if they would put that effort into a new cpu . I hate to think this is a ploy to make am3+ go another few years - you know like giving a old car a new paint job .. in the end you still got a old car

 

[Insomniac Jack]

Very nice I'm thinking about upgrading from my fx-6300 soon so this will be a nice addition if I go with the 8350

I'd just wait for zen that 6300 will be good enough to then save that 170 or so for zen and a board or Intel if you want to move over

I may do that after playing the division. It recommends an 8350 but I'm playing on high settings and as side from the initial loading my cpu never hits over 60% utilization.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Oculus rift system requirements do not list ANY AMD CPU as being capable of meeting minimum or any other requirements. Guess maybe AMD and the folks who make the Rift should have a conversation since apparently there is not an agreement on this matter. Considering the i5-4590 is listed as the bare bones minimum, I really doubt that a stock 6 core Piledriver chip is going to make the grade.

 

[tsnor]

anyway to buy the cooler as a stand alone? i don't have bakeplate access and my current cooler is... not doing so good.

As people buy these CPUs bundled with Wraith coolers and build PCs with water or a better air cooler the stock wraith coolers will end up on EBAY. IF you want one just check there.

 

[andydabeast]

can we who own the 8350 already buy the coolder alone?

Just get the hyper 212 evo when on sale for under $30. This cooler is not special when compared to after market coolers.

Why didn't they do this when these CPU's were relevant.

oh yeah, i forgot how cpu's dissolve after a few years.

He means when they weren't so hopelessly outperformed by their competition and you know it.

What Intel chip in games beats the 8350 @ 4.7ghz on a $170 budget? Enlighten us.

 

[junkeymonkey]

'' What Intel chip in games beats the 8350 @ 4.7ghz on a $170 budget? Enlighten us. ''

well first thing is most games run off the gpu not the cpu now what amd chip beats any intel at core processing power ?? [at any price]

as said AMD is good enough for gaming , as long as there gpu bound games

just like I said above sad AMD got to improve there coolers cause they can improve there chips but maybe ''next year'' [AMD's new motto]

200$ non k box stock 4670

LINUX RUN ----
Processor(s): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz
> Logical Cores: 4
> Physical Memory: 16,756,445,184 bytes ( 15.6 GiB )
> CPU Frequency: 3,398,990,144 Hz
> Program Version: 0.6.7 Build 9457 (Linux - x64 AVX2 ~ Airi)
> Constant: Pi
> Algorithm: Chudnovsky Formula
> Decimal Digits: 1,000,000,000
> Hexadecimal Digits: Disabled
> Threading Mode: 4 threads
> Computation Mode: Ram Only
> Working Memory: 4,859,459,952 bytes ( 4.52 GiB )
> Logical Disk Usage: 0 bytes ( 0 bytes )
> Start Date: Wed Feb 25 03:01:59 2015
> End Date: Wed Feb 25 03:05:01 2015
> Computation Time: 174.334 seconds
> Total Time: 182.220 seconds
> CPU Utilization: 385.460 %
> Multi-core Efficiency: 96.365 %


220$ overclocked fx 9590

Processor(s): AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor
Logical Cores: 8
Physical Memory: 16,720,162,816 bytes ( 15.5 GiB )
CPU Frequency: 4,715,679,744 Hz

Program Version: 0.6.8 Build 9461 (Linux - x64 XOP ~ Miyu)
Constant: Pi
Algorithm: Chudnovsky Formula
Decimal Digits: 1,000,000,000
Hexadecimal Digits: Disabled
Threading Mode: Thread Spawn (1 Thread/Task) -> ? / 8
Computation Mode: Ram Only
Working Memory: 5,092,016,776 bytes ( 4.74 GiB )
Logical Disk Usage: 0 bytes ( 0 bytes )

Start Date: Mon Aug 3 10:54:20 2015
End Date: Mon Aug 3 10:59:00 2015

Computation Time: 265.643 seconds
Total Time: 280.166 seconds

CPU Utilization: 737.512 %
Multi-core Efficiency: 92.189 %



100 sec faster on the box stock cheaper intel - now what ??

 

[andydabeast]

well, I guess if you cant do anything in the cpu department may as well do something with the coolers to help promote sales of any kind ..

now if they would put that effort into a new cpu . I hate to think this is a ploy to make am3+ go another few years - you know like giving a old car a new paint job .. in the end you still got a old car

It is a last effort to sell off these old CPU's. New Zen cpu's coming from AMD this year.

 

[andydabeast]

'' What Intel chip in games beats the 8350 @ 4.7ghz on a $170 budget? Enlighten us. ''

well first thing is most games run off the gpu not the cpu now what amd chip beats any intel at core processing power ?? [at any price]

as said AMD is good enough for gaming , as long as there gpu bound games

just like I said above sad AMD got to improve there coolers cause they can improve there chips but maybe ''next year'' [AMD's new motto]

200$ non k box stock 4670

LINUX RUN ----
Processor(s): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz
> Logical Cores: 4
> Physical Memory: 16,756,445,184 bytes ( 15.6 GiB )
> CPU Frequency: 3,398,990,144 Hz
> Program Version: 0.6.7 Build 9457 (Linux - x64 AVX2 ~ Airi)
> Constant: Pi
> Algorithm: Chudnovsky Formula
> Decimal Digits: 1,000,000,000
> Hexadecimal Digits: Disabled
> Threading Mode: 4 threads
> Computation Mode: Ram Only
> Working Memory: 4,859,459,952 bytes ( 4.52 GiB )
> Logical Disk Usage: 0 bytes ( 0 bytes )
> Start Date: Wed Feb 25 03:01:59 2015
> End Date: Wed Feb 25 03:05:01 2015
> Computation Time: 174.334 seconds
> Total Time: 182.220 seconds
> CPU Utilization: 385.460 %
> Multi-core Efficiency: 96.365 %


220$ overclocked fx 9590

Processor(s): AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor
Logical Cores: 8
Physical Memory: 16,720,162,816 bytes ( 15.5 GiB )
CPU Frequency: 4,715,679,744 Hz

Program Version: 0.6.8 Build 9461 (Linux - x64 XOP ~ Miyu)
Constant: Pi
Algorithm: Chudnovsky Formula
Decimal Digits: 1,000,000,000
Hexadecimal Digits: Disabled
Threading Mode: Thread Spawn (1 Thread/Task) -> ? / 8
Computation Mode: Ram Only
Working Memory: 5,092,016,776 bytes ( 4.74 GiB )
Logical Disk Usage: 0 bytes ( 0 bytes )

Start Date: Mon Aug 3 10:54:20 2015
End Date: Mon Aug 3 10:59:00 2015

Computation Time: 265.643 seconds
Total Time: 280.166 seconds

CPU Utilization: 737.512 %
Multi-core Efficiency: 92.189 %



100 sec faster on the box stock cheaper intel - now what ??

Did I say the 9590 was good value? NO. Intel wins in single threaded tasks but to match the multi core performance of the 8350 you need to drop $240 on a 4670k to match.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2047924/intel-equivalent-8350.html

 

[junkeymonkey]

dude the 4670 is 4 core and the amd is a 8 ?? what do you mean ? what match , and why a ''k'' ? the non k whips up on that so called 8 core AMD sorely for less ??

matter of fact I never build a intel rig until my AMD 3+ experience and found out it was a waste of my time and money after I did do the jump over to intel first time in like 15 years

don't you see mulit core in my test activated ?? that's not single core runs there full fledged all cores banging

hate to think I I had a 1230 xeon that does have hyperthreading how bad the scores would be at 220 or so $ ..

here go to the ''Fastest Times:'' and pull up any runs and see how far you got to go down the list before you see your first fx chips [a long way down] over non overclocked ''lesser '' as you say intels i5's at the least ..sad

http://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/