What about AMD 870K?

While DIY players are throwing their eyes at Intel's six-generation processor this year, AMD, a new AMD Fast Dragon II X4 870K processor, has been unveiled shortly before as Intel's rival, which is similar to AMD 860K, shielding the core graphics card, featuring multicore cost-effective, Recommended for mainstream gamers who need to be equipped with discrete graphics.

Obviously, AMD 870K is mainly used to replace AMD 860K, how good is this CPU upgrade in good faith, whether it needs to be paired with a new motherboard? Today's computer Pepsi Network Small series to detailed for you to analyze how AMD 870K, and AMD 870K need to match what kind of motherboard, together understand the next.

What about AMD 870K?

It can be seen from the name of the AMD 870K four-core processor that started listing this October and the AMD 860K upgrade that started last September. AMD 870K is still a roller structure, using 28nm process, the original four core four threads, the default frequency reached 3.9Ghz, can be turbo to 4.1Ghz, and has a 4M two cache, no built-in core graphics, the use of non-lock frequency design, support overclocking, its design power consumption of 95W.

Compared to the previous AMD 860K processor (clock 3.78Ghz, Turbo 4.0ghz,4m two cache, power consumption 95W), AMD 870K processor is only the frequency of the increase of 0.2Ghz, the rest of the basic unchanged. The new AMD 870K four-core processor is not a replacement product, only a horse-grade, performance-enhancing product, since there is no schema upgrade, plus only a small increase in CPU frequency and a small upgrade in performance.

AMD this year's six-generation CPU, the architecture, process, frequency, power, memory, the replacement of the significant increase in the years, the apparent slowness and backwardness.

Let's go through a CPU ladder to see the performance of the AMD 870K processor in the current desktop CPU, as shown in the following figure.

Location of AMD 870K in the Desktop CPU ladder chart

As can be seen from the CPU ladder graph, AMD 870K performance bias in the mainstream, the overall performance than the Intel Core i3 performance is low, after all, the price difference of nearly 300 yuan. In general, this CPU is targeted to mainstream mass users, with mainstream discrete graphics, to meet the needs of most mainstream 3D network games.

What motherboard does the AMD 870K match?

Because the AMD 870K processor is the same as the AMD 860K, the socket fm2+ socket type is still used, so the motherboard is the same, as long as the motherboard with socket fm2+ socket interface can be compatible.

There are many motherboards using socket fm2+ interface, such as A58, A78, A88, a88x and so on, but AMD motherboard is mostly cheaper, especially A88 motherboard is the mainstream, so AMD 870K best collocation is A88 motherboard, recommended to choose Gigabyte, ASUS and other well-known brands A88 motherboard, Ensure the stability and quality of the machine.

A88 motherboards are generally inexpensive

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AMD Fast Dragon II X4 870K is a new fast Dragon four-core processor that AMD released this October, as a new generation of screened-out, non-lock screen products, mainly used to replace the last year's listed AMD 860K, a small increase in frequency, performance is stronger, but does not support DDR4 memory, nor reduce power consumption, This new speed Dragon CPU does not bring too much sincerity, but in the future AMD installed also more worthy of recommendation.