AMD released the newest budget socket FM2+ APU – AMD A8-7670K, which based on the company’s new 28 nm “Godavari” silicon. The CPU combines a quad-core x86-64 CPU based on the “Excavator” micro-architecture, with an integrated Radeon R7 series graphics core that features six Graphic CoreNext 1.2 compute units amounting to 384 stream processors and a dual-channel DDR3 integrated memory controller that capable support to DDR3-2133 MHz memory and a PCI-Express GEN 3.0 root complex.
The AMD A8-7670K are clocked at 3.60 GHz that have a maximum TurboCore frequency of 3.90 GHz. Besides that, the CPU features unlocked base clock multipliers that allow CPU overclocking. The four CPU cores are spread across two “Excavator” modules, with a total of 4 MB of cache between them. The GPU is clocked at 757 MHz and offers native support for DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0), it offers Dual-Graphics support that allows you pair it with select discrete GPUs from AMD’s lineup. With this GPU capability, you are still able to play a few games like Dota 2, CS: GO and triple-A games with low or medium settings.
The A8-7670K is available now and is priced at USD 117.99 (approx. RM 450). This processor will the best bang for the buck because the raw processing power is good enough for you to play a game and daily work.
