AMD FX 3.5 Ghz 95-Watt AM3+ Processor FD6300WMHKBOX

For just over a year I've had a pc with a quad core 2.6 GHz amd. It was sufficient. I could run it with an msi 6000 gpu and play most modern games in 720-1080p with acceptable frame rates, and watch HD videos without stuttering. But I wanted something more; I needed something that could handle editing and more work. Definitely worth the money. I think I payed less for the new one than the old one. Coupled with a new msi 7770, the FX-6300 has been stellar. The only things it has a hard time doing (which I found reasonable) is working in full HD with Fraps recording, a drag on any system, and playing something like Hitman Absolution on Ultra graphical settings, which would wreck havoc on even an i7 and a better gpu, I'm sure. So far temps have stayed below 40C sometimes idling at 19C, People always say stock fans are junk, I think they just don't build their PCs with proper airflow. I've had no problems, but I'll really get pressing on it once I've updated my BIOS (had to buy a usb flash, derp). Will definitely write an edit in the future about further performance. *Update _December 2013 After about 4 months of use, I'm very satisfied with my amd fx 6300. Still using a stock fan and a case with great airflow, I never see temperatures above 55C with extensive use (2+ hours)overclocked at 3.9 GHz and 1.275 volts. However, I have never been able to get up to 4.0 GHz without losing stability. I'm not sure if this is a MoBo issue, or simple cpu architecture. Can run most games, programs, etc. without any lag, no crashing issues, no problems at all. Windows 8 is smooth, games from Battlefield 3 down to Minecraft run fast and beautiful, and hours of program, web browsing, and every other pc activity has been fantastic having integrated the fx into my rig. I love this processor. That said, I'm a bit reserved recommending this to hardcore pc users. It's worked great for me, but even after 4 months of a new rig, I'm still looking forward to more out of progressing technology. I think to 90% of people, the 6300 will be everything they've dreamed of, and at a fantastically low price, especially when compared to the analogous intel processors. However, I think if you're like me, and looking for more, you might want to skip the 6300 and go straight for the fx-8350 8-core. I'll have to wait till I have the cash flow to try it out, but I think the baseline 4.0 Ghz and 8 cores might be worth the extra $70, especially since people have been comparing it ($190) with Intel i7s that cost almost $500, and have a tendency to run hot. I intend to pair it with a GTX 770 graphics card (maybe even double it with crossfire or something), so my next update will probably be late next spring, maybe even next summer, comparing performance with each processor. Until then, stay cool. *Update _January 2014 Finally tuned it to 4.1 GHz at 1.35 volts. However, the voltage is creeping into the redzone. I'm definitely no pro at overclocking, but I feel safe with this frequency/voltage because A)the 6300 is built for 4.1 and B) AMD Overdrive stability tests run the chip at 100% capacity (actually it's around 98%), stable for 1 hour at 62C without hardware or calculation failures. I won't bother trying 2 hours because I'll never use it at 100% for such an extended period of time. I think I've been successful because it's so cool in my house (About 65F during the winter) and the chip's been idling as low as 6 or 7 Celsius and doesn't get much higher than 30 or 40 C under most situations. Really the only thing holding me back now is my graphics card.

I've had this CPU for about 2-3 years now or longer I believe. I have a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo cooler on it overclocked to 4.5GHZ. Haven't had a single issue since I bought it. In my HAF 912 case while gaming it stays between 34-38 degrees Celsius. I do have 6 120 mm case fans in it connected to a NXZT Sentry fan controller. I keep them all around 60% speed. My motherboard is the Asrock 970 Extreme 4. Everything stays cool and runs great. I play on a 27 inch 144 hz 1080p monitor with a GTX 1070 and can still play any game I want maxed out at that resolution. When I first got it I had a GTX 650 TI Boost which aloud me to play demanding games such as Witcher 3, Fallout 4 at around High settings while keeping 50-60 fps. Went to the 1070 now which has aloud me to keep my 60 fps minimum but with having all settings maxed on all games I play. I have a Western Digital Black 500GB HDD and a Samsung Evo 256GB SSD. My ram is 1866mhz Corsair Vengence 8GB total, kit of 2x4GB. My power supply is the Corsair CX 750 watt bronze. Currently playing For Honor, Dark Souls 3, Dishonored 2, Overwatch, and many other games with this CPU/GPU combo and it plays great maxed out. If you're wanting a good low price CPU I would say this is still a great deal. With a 30 dollar CPU cooler and a descent motherboard you can easily overclocked this CPU to 4.2-4.8 GHZ or more and it performs really well and stays nice and cool. I would like one of the new Ryzen CPUs but as long as my FX6300 keeps performing so well I see no reason to upgrade. As for other activities I can't give any opinions as all I use it for is gaming. For gaming if you plan to play at 1080p or even 1440p with a good GPU this will do great. More and more games are using the full 6 cores which allows it to really shine. The stock speed of 3.5GHZ will do just fine but at a full 1GHZ overclock which you can get in 5 minutes it's a hell of a deal imo. Hope this helped. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

I took a few months deciding if I was going to go AMD or Intel. Due to cost, I decided to go AMD, but which one? After weeks and weeks of research, reading specs, watching YouTube reviews, etc, I landed on the AMD FX-6300. Let me just say I'm really glad I saved the money! First of all, you have to realize I purchased this CPU for a gaming machine. I didn't buy it for engineering applications (CAD, MATLAB, etc). I bought this CPU for gaming and web development, and it has performed flawlessly for both. In fact, my frame rates (FPS) have been at or above 60 in most cases on high and ultra settings in 1080p. I run Starcraft II at over 60 FPS, WildStar on high settings at over 60 FPS, Battlefield 4 on custom high/ultra settings at 60 FPS, and the list could go on and on. I'm running an EVGA GTX 950 GPU. I can honestly say, other than taking a little longer to load the environment in some games (especially Battlefield 4), most of the FPS dips have been due to the GPU, not the CPU. The GTX 950 is not a high end graphics card. I put together a budget gaming rig and it does everything I want it to do, and it does it well. However, I think this CPU would shine if you threw in a GTX-970 or better yet even one of the new GTX 10xx series. Some scoff at the idea of having such an inexpensive CPU in the same rig with a high end graphics card, but for gaming it works just fine. Also, if you're wondering whether to purchase the FX-6300 vs the FX-83xx, my opinion is save the money and go with the FX-6300. If you look at the benchmarks performed by several different people out on the Internet, you'll see there isn't even a noticeable difference between the FX-6300 and the FX-83xx CPU (less than 5% in many cases for gaming applications). One last thing: I have a dual boot Windows 10/Linux Mint 17.3 system and this CPU works great with Linux Mint and even handles gaming on Linux like a champ. I've run some games native to Linux and some via Wine (or PlayLinux) and it works beautifully, rendering 60 FPS and higher. So, if all you need is a gaming/media rig, don't buy into the hype that more money for a CPU means a better experience. Sure, more powerful CPUs might give you higher frame rates. But when you pair the FX-6300 with a great GPU, you'll get awesome frame rates (I'm happy pairing it with just an average GPU). The cost/benefit ratio for this processor is amazing. I'm happy I saved the money and I think you will be too.

This CPU has very good performance for only being 115$. And this is a great processor to use in budget builds. It's closest competitor the Intel i3 is slower than the FX6300 during processes that use multiple cores by a good little margin. It's definately going to be a notable improvement over the Intel i3 in multi-threading. Where this processor really falls short though is with single threaded applications. It's literally like 30-40% slower than the i3 with single threaded applications. As far as the FX6300 as a gaming processor, it can either be pretty good, or terribly bad, but mostly pretty good. If your playing one of the newest games like Crysis 3 or BF4, this processor will do pretty good, not as good as an i5 or i7, but damn good for only 115$. But with Online MMO's the FX6300 is severely lacking. For example, the game World of Tanks is a very popular game. But give that it's a Free to Play MMO, it's probably not going to be optimized for all 6 of the FX6300's cores. So the game World of Tanks only uses 1 or 2 cores, and being the FX6300 is so much slower when you only use 1 or 2 of it's cores, performance suffers a lot compared to what you would experience with an i3. So personally I find the i3 to be a good bit better option than the FX6300. Even though the i3 is a little slower while all cores are being used, it's SO much faster while only using 1-2 of it's cores that the overall performance of the i3 ends up being better than the FX6300. And unfortunately for the FX6300, it suffers greatly in games like World of Tanks. For example my i3 gets 100FPS in World of Tanks on MAX settings with a 660Ti graphics card while the FX6300 gets 50FPS in World of Tanks on only Medium settings with the same 660Ti. I lose over half the performance. Of course if you don't play ANY older games, and if upcoming games always make use of 6+ cores, you'll never have this problem with games. But a lot of regular everyday programs only use 1 or 2 cores also, so there's that. One good thing about the FX6300 though is that you can overclock it to 4.5Ghz easily. It still won't beat the i3 in single threaded performance, it actually still won't be close. But it'll be a lot faster than stock, and even more faster than the i3 in multi-threaded programs.

Reasons why I bought it: This is the latest version of processor from AMD codenamed Vishera. It has new microarchitecture, which basically uses 32nm meaning it consumes less power than previous generation, and this is the best-bang-for-your-buck product compared to intel's processors. Also, it just works and paired with AMD's improvements (just read the product detail if you want to know more) made it quite tempting to buy on sale. In addition, I found no need to use an aftermarket cooler or a liquid cooler SO FAR lol, cooler provided by amd has no problems with overheating even on games maxed like gw2, sc2, sleeping dogs. I believe the max temperature for AMD FX series is about 60-65 degrees C, and mine is maxing at 35C. So, I think I'm good. Also, I want to point out that all Visheras are unlocked, which I believe means you can overclock it as high as you want if there's no heating problems. Package contains: 1) 1 processor (obviously) 2) 1 cpu fan (silent, blows air downward with gaps/fins in all 4 directions for heat to leave in all sides) with thermal paste already on it 3) 1 sticker 4) 1 small guide/information packet Requirements: 1) Make sure you have a mother board that supports fx processors, usually it'll be "AM3+ mother board" Comparisons: 1) Even though AMD's line of processors can't beat intel's higher end i7, I think the price for Visheras really makes it quite worth the money, but this can compete with intel's i5. 2)Comparing FX-6200 vs FX-6300: Both are 6-core processors but the fx-6300 is newest model with 10-15% increase in performance. Recommended to: If your a gamer, I've read a lot that six core isn't really necessary for gaming as of today (maybe in the future), and 4 core is more than enough for most. But if your also a semi-heavy multi-tasker, novice video/photo editors on a budget, I think this processor is a good product to consider or if you want something better, and want to stick with AMD you could go all out and get an 8350 along with a liquid cooler. I really want to comment on shipping even though it says your not suppose to, oh well Amazon can edit this out if they want. Everything arrived sooner than expected which was a good surprise, but I didn't know that it wasn't going to be packaged in a box to keep it safe, however, the cpu was unharmed,looked like it wasn't even touched. So if you're really worried about it getting damaged on the way, you can gift it so they'll put it in a nice safe box. I am a type of person: Gamer, novice video editor and computer builder Will add more info, but loving it so far! Computer specs: Case: Antec three-hundred two PSU: Rosewill Hive series 650w Graphics card: Sapphire radeon 7870 ghz ed. oc Ram: G.skill ripjaws X series 8gb Wireless PCI-E: Rosewill RNX-N250PCe (NOT using anymore) Powerline adapter: WD Livewire Powerline AV Network Kit 200Mbps - extend Internet to your HDTV Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 CPU: AMD-FX 6300

I think this is one of the current best bang for your buck middle of the line CPUs currently available. It has excellent benchmarks for its price creating a great value. The benchmarks show that almost across the board this chip is faster than the higher clocked six-core CPU. Only the x264 video encoding test highlights the slower clockspeed, posting slower frame rates than the FX-6200. In the other straight CPU performance tests in Cinebench it shows a very slight advantage, though the improvements in single-threaded performance aren't as pronounced as with the FX-8350. But I think that has more to do with the eight-core chip's 4GHz clockspeed. But to post the same sort of benchmark figures at a lower frequency than the previous generation is impressive, but what's more impressive is the boost in gaming performance that the Piledriver update seems to offer. In my Batman: Arkham City test it was another 10fps higher on average over the FX-6200, and a couple of frames per second in the tighter Shogun 2 CPU test. I was able to push the FX-6300 to nearly 5GHz and had it stably posting benchmark scores. I did have it booting at 5GHz, but I got errors in multiple tests, but that was just for our extreme limits testing of the OC beast. Due to the fact that it's a very cool-running chip it runs at stock speeds it's running at 28°C under load. Sure the temperature starts getting rather toasty under your CPU cooler, but the performance figures take a huge jump too. The multi-threaded performance easily eclipses a stock Core i5, and almost manages to do the same in single-threaded performance too. It's not far off in terms of gaming, with our low-end Batman: AC scores showing 155fps for the FX-6300 versus 164FPS for the stock-clocked i5-3570K If your looking to overclock or just for a great all around middle of the line CPU that runs cool and stable, this is for you.

26th Nov. 2016 Installed the CPU in my motherboard with no issues. The computer rarely ever crashes. The CPU works fine with my PC. I have a small USB fan blowing onto the CPU fan cooler to get added cooling. The system works thus far. 14th Jan. 2017 I currently have the FX-6300 CPU. I have been having some problems with it. It does not seem to work well with the N68-VS3 FX Motherboard. I am not using the stock cooler. The temperatures do not surpass 40 degrees celcius. While writing this review I am actually stress testing the CPU. I also have the MSI 970 Gaming motherboard. I installed the CPU in this motherboard and still have the same crash issues and blue screen of death (BSOD) problems. My workaround for thus is to actually enable the OC Genie in the motherboard. This is an "automatic" way the system is overclocked. While the CPU is overclocked registered at 4.1 MHz (Volatge = 1.25 V) this system is apparently stable. It has been stress tested for the past 5 minutes. No crashes and the temperature seems stable at 39 degress celcius. The CPU is overclocked using the OC Genie of the MSI Motherboard. If the OC Genie is off and let's say I run program such as HWiNFO64 simultaneously with CPU-Z or Core Temp, the computer crashes or freezes. The unsightly BSOD can occur. I am not sure if a crash will occur in future under these "overclocked" settings. If you have an MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard and this CPU, I guess you can try this if you are having these problems.

I installed this on an ASRock 970 Extreme4 motherboard and was very pleasantly surprised with the performance for the price. I was originally an AMD fan going way back to the original Athlon CPUs, but switched to Intel when their dual-core offerings hit the market. This is the first time I have gone back to AMD in about 8 years and I'm not disappointed. I used this as a "budget" CPU option when building my brother a new PC for Christmas, with the primary goal of enabling him to play video games and record/mix music as a hobby. In addition to the ASRock Extreme4 motherboard, the system also has a 240gb Crucial M500 SSD hard drive, 8gb of DDR3 1600 RAM, and a Nvidia GTX 570 graphics card that I recycled from my own PC when I upgraded to the recently released 970 GTX. The system is lightning fast on bootup (due to the SSD) and is extremely capable when gaming (due to the CPU and the graphics card combo). He is able to play modern games like Battlefield 4 and DOTA 2 at max settings without issues. This CPU is quite capable and is not a bottleneck in the system by any means. CPU and heatsink installation was very simple on the ASRock motherboard... far simpler than many of the aftermarket coolers I've installed in the past. The thermal paste is pre-applied to the bottom of the heatsink, and the fan is already attached as well. I just had to line up the two clips on the cooler to the AM3 socket on the motherboard and bam, CPU+heatsink installed in under 30 seconds. The stock heatsink will be fine since my brother won't be doing any overclocking, but for overclockers I'd recommend getting a more effective (and harder to install...) aftermarket heatsink+fan solution. My only potential regret is that if I had waited a few weeks for some of the holiday deals, I could have had an 8-core FX-series CPU for basically the same price. However, I doubt it would have made much a noticeable difference, if any.

No te dejes engañar por lo que dicen las malas lenguas!!! Esta CPU aunque pertenece a una linea de CPUs que no ha acabado de labrarse un buen nombre no es ni mucho menos mala!! Lo cierto es que viene con unos voltajes de serie elevados y unas frecuencias relativamente bajas pero si lo afinas puede consumir mucho menos y sacarle mucho rendimiento. Ajustando frecuencias puede llegar a rendir como un Core i5 de tercera generación en todo menos en algunos escenarios determinados. Es cierto que su consumo se dispara pero eso es hacia los 4,6 Ghz con un OC bastante respetable y que no puede de tu a tu con lo mas nuevo de Intel pero no se puede olvidar su rango de precio y que la configuración de un sistema completo alrededor de esta CPU es mucho mas barato que uno equivalente para Intel. Estamos a 2017 y aun sigue siendo una buena opción aunque claro esta que se esta empezando a devaluar y solo vale en presupuestos ajustados. El rendimiento que ofrece o puede llegar a ofrecer es realmente bueno aunque no espectacular. Si tienes claro en que gamas te vas a desenvolver esta CPU te sorprenderá!! Si esperas un Core i7 de ultima generación evidentemente te defraudará! Si se cuenta con un presupuesto minimamente holgado es infinitamente mejor opción irse a los nuevos AMD Ryzen que tienen un rendimiento por nucleo del doble que con la arquitectura FX y compiten de tu a tu con Intel e incluso superan a esta. Así que recomiendo al 100% esta CPU o su hermano mayor el FX-8300 aunque solo para presupuestos ajustados!!

FX－4100から格安性能アップの為に購入交換しました。安い、早いを感じました。I社の製品への拘りが無くなりました。

um bom processador vale apena investir.

3 ans après sa sortie, ce FX-6300 a toujours un superbe rapport qualité-prix. Il faut dire qu'avec les prix de détail pratiqués par Intel, AMD n'a pas trop d'efforts à faire: on est ici au niveau de performance brutes d'un Core i5-4430 3Ghz pour moins de la moitié du prix! Avec ses 6 cœurs (3 cœurs physiques de chacun 2 coeurs logiques pour être précis), il se prête bien à la petite virtualisation. J'ai monté récemment un serveur avec un Windows 7 et un linux virtualisés sous VirtualBox et ça tourne nickel, pour un budget contenu. Associé à une bonne carte graphique il peut aussi constituer une base solide pour une machine de CAO / retouche d'image / montage vidéo ou plus simplement un très bon PC bureautique. Alors c'est sur que son TDP de 95W n'est pas époustouflant, et que le ventirad fourni est une misère, on en trouve de très bons autour de 25 euros chez Arctic ou Zalmann. Pour résumer, un très bon choix pour ceux qui sont attentifs au rapport performances / prix.

What is there to say about the AMD FX 6300? Asides the cost of this CPU, the AMD FX 6300 is a great deal for the budget gamer ((I.E someone who isn't spending more than a grand on a new, gaming rig)). With a great 6-core design running at 3.5 GHz this is the best CPU when you have budget in mind. You may notice I am mentioning budget a lot in this. In the PC Gaming world, there is a tier ladder for builds: Budget, Mid Range, High End. Most budge builds will encompass an AMD processor because of the Bang per buck ((Price to Performance ratio)) for the sheer fact that if you are just getting into PC Gaming ((or currently there but don't have a computer running as optimal as it could)) than you DON'T need mid-range level or High End parts. Budget builds are perfect for entry level gamer builds as these builds often VASTLY out perform consoles by offering better, detail graphics, speed, performance and streaming capabilities. At 1080p resolution ((1980x1080)) you can play games on High settings, seeing Frame Rates of around 30-60 easily with even AAA titles ((Ultra settings for older games or even games that are more optimized for systems like Tera, WoW, etc)). Those are the kind of things to look forward to as consoles like PS4 and Xbos One can't even COMPARE to that ((Yes, PC Master race here, I still own an Xbox One and Wii U because I like the games they have)). As a general rule for these builds, you'd want 8gb of RAM ((most newer games use 8gbs of memory)), a decent clocked video Card ((usually a GTX 750TI as you can't beat their price to performance ratio, ESPECIALLY when they are on sale)), and minimum 4 core CPU. Buy a $60 case, 500watt PSU ((recommend an 80 PLUS Bronze series, one you can find for a reasonable price you are comfortable with)) and the right motherboard ((Socket Types are generally posted in the description of the items. The AMD FX 6300, for example, use AM3+ but are backwards compatible with AM3 sockets)) and you'll have yourself a gaming beast. With the AMD 6300, you get 6 Cores of processing power, allowing you a better experience and more optimized play while allowing head room for other activities such as editing, streaming, encoding, etc etc. As I mentioned earlier, the price to performance ratio is so great with this unit that Intel can't compete with it ((while on the flip side, AMD can't compete with the better i5's and i7's as those are incredible CPU's, but a much heftier hit to the wallet)). So if you are looking into building your first gaming PC, rebuilding a current one with a better CPU or simply looking for that AMD FX upgrade, the AMD FX 6300 is an excellent choice for the consumer on a budget. I wasn't disappointed with my buy, Well...except maybe the stock cooler, but who keeps those anyways!