AMD FD8300WMHKBOX CPU Desktop Processor - Black (Vishera 8-Core, 3.3 GHz, Socket AM3+, 95 Watts)

I had been using a lower FX4300 for a while and although it got the job done a lot of my gaming experiences had obvious CPU strain resulting in lag spikes. Moving on to this all that has since been eradicated and titles such as Assassins Creed Odyssey now run with a consistently flat line and rock steady CPU use instead of constantly spiking as usage ramps up and down. Playing The Division 2 at 1080p I'm able to push settings further than I expected and still get a silky smooth frame rate coupled with a lower end mid range 4GB GPU. Desktop use is swift and painless. All in all you can't go wrong with this for the price and my temps in HWMonitor never go beyond 65c when under heavy load gaming with an idle temp of just 31 C. Sure you could go for a Ryzen but if you aren't all that bothered about competing in the latest hardware rat race this will do your system just fine and do it with style.

Bought it for work and gaming.It works great even with the stock cooler,did not overclock it yet.I might in the future,then I will think about better cooling solution.It works with the 16 gb of ram and the Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 560 2GB GPU,no SSD but still boots up in about 25-30 sec.Gaming itself is acceptable,from mid to ultra settings,the CPU seem to handle all the tasks very well,very responsive and worth the money.Having in mind the fast changing world of technology some might think that the Ryzen is the best solution,I would agree but at the moment you can still work with this CPU well and in some time consider Ryzen as a replacement,if you are an AMD fan :)

This is a great cpu and has great OC if you have the cooler, this is also a cheap alternative to some of the more expensive models such as 8350 or 8320 doesn't to have the power but it stands it's ground but buy this if you don't want to wait any later, but later down the road you can purchase one of the other said models but this CPU is just perfect for any cheap budget builds and them extra cores come in extremely handy in editingLET DOWNS:Cpu cooler is very loud and can sound like your computer may gain liftbut even I don't really care so it's a 5 from meSorry for the crap pic but it's something

Great product, however I purchased a seperate heatsink, the stock one is quite small and has a small fan which I would imagine would be noisey. Easily installed, combined with a coolmaster hyper121 is very quiet, stays below 52 even under load, plays all my newer games on hyper settings. It came a day early which turned out ok, but had ordered on a certain date for a reason but luckily a neighbour was in. Reasons for 4 star was stock cooler was not great and early delivery as if it had gone back to depo I would have to wait three days for collection as it was a holiday.

Its going to be very rare when you will ever need 8 cores, and you will barely ever notice the difference between this and its 4 core stablemate. However, given the price and the ability to overclock these AMD processors by up to 20% with a more hefty heatsink, it realy is a very good purchase, especially when you can spend the money you save over buying a rival Intel processor of similar performance, on a really good motherboard or reasonable graphics card.

i have just fitted this CPU and it comes with its own fan and heat sink which is very quiet. Brilliant response times when working with open apps it doesn't have any lag with at least 5 or more programs open. Very happy i upgraded from my previous fx processor. I have 12GB of ram and an Asus motherboard. Great increase in speed for the money.

Perfect 8 core CPU with great overclocking potential! For £60 you can't find any better 8 core CPU! I had combined it with RX 580 4gb variant and 12 GB ram which results in stable 60fps in most news games at ultra presets!This CPU will hit 4.6 GHz without any issues on good motherboard.

Bought this for a spare cheap pc that runs folding@home/backup gaming rig and overclocked it to 4ghz at 1.356 volts, works as a nice backup to my ryzen r7 1700 main pc. Replaced the stock cooler with a tx3 evo and it seems to be fine in the 50s when using folding@home on it.