AMD Launches the FX-4350 and FX-6350 Piledriver CPUs

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thats quite an interesting price. usually tdp is not a big factor in pricing, but this time you getto choose between a lower power/slower cpu and a higher power/faster cpu at the same price. i like having this choice.
 


Overclocked, but not necessarily higher-binned, if they have higher TDPs, they may have slightly higher stock voltages, and lower headroom for OC'ing.
 
I will be interested to see the FX-4350 game benchmarks. It's pretty apparent from benchmarks that games don't use more than 4 cores right now so the 4.3/4.3Ghz could make it the fastest AMD gaming chip.
 


That was always the problem with the 4300/6300 choice, too. The Quad cores should be $110 max for it to be attractive.



 
My FX-6300 overclocked to 4.2Ghz while undervolted to 1.3v (1.375v stock). Obviously AMD has raised the voltage for these parts, but you can easily undervolt them for 20-30w savings.
 
Looks like a standard uptick in MHz. My fx 6300 went to 4.5ghz with very little effort so the value/performance/headroom factor is still good for AMD. I like to hear what AMD is up to these days, it keeps the CPU market interesting for us poor gamers.
 
The 4350 looks particularly interesting. Higher clock & double the cache. Could be an excellent chip if the price is right.
 
I'm confused as to why the author didn't highlight the 4350's extra cache; speed bumps are one thing, extra cache is another. In addition, whilst AMD released new Phenom IIs and Athlon IIs at slightly higher clocks for the same - or similar - price as their existing product line, here we're talking a much larger increase for the same money - more than 10% better performance on average.
As for TDPs, I doubt they'd have gone up that much (it's a shame that AMD don't have TDP brackets smaller than 30W at the upper end of the scale).
 
Wow, compared to FX-8350 at $180-$200, FX-6350 is a steal. Now I need to find a quality motherboard around $130 for my next build. Any idea?
 
The 32nm process has matured. They get some higher binned parts.
The pricing is still odd. Who wouldn't pay $10 more for 50% more cores?
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The 2 module PD is a cut down version of the 3 module. And the 3 module is a full die from what I read before, mostly due to 50% of their volume being 3 module or less.
So they must not have many cut down dies to warrant a lower price.
 
Hopefully these will come in at reasonable prices in my country, really wanting to upgrade from my Athlon II 440, but AMD in South Africa has completely dried up/shot up in prices compared to where they used to be (cheaper than their Intel counterparts) :/
 
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