Reviewers Liked
- Modular and versatile architecture
- Great performance in multithreaded applications
- Great overclocking potential
- Overclocking
- Eight cores fully unlocked
- Decent stock ad Turbo speeds
- Runs cool at stock speeds
- Cheap entry point
- Officially supports 4GHzplus turbo speeds and DDR31866 memory
- An FX system has 42 PCIE lanes as opposed to the 24 lanes of a Sandy Bridge system
- 990FX chipset supports NVIDIA SLI
- Excellent multithreaded performance
- Attractive price
- Modern design
- Elegant modular architecture
Reviewers Didn't Like
- General performance below expectations
- High power consumption under load, compared to Intel's chips
- Not the best choice for hardcore gamers
- Outperformed by Intel offering
- Runs very hot during overclock
- Not much software in the market optimized for eight cores
- Requires a new Socket AM3 motherboard
- Single core performance has remained static
- Full performance requires Windows 8 system and applications that use its new instructions
- Performance In Single Threaded Apps Not On Par With Multithreaded
- Not as fast as Thuban (1100T) in lightload apps
- Underload powerdraw not ideal
- Arguably still behind Intel's SB as an all-round chip
- Slower than cheaper chips in tests with single-threaded apps; new AM3+ socket demands new motherboard