A8-3870k finally.

So I came across this and figured id share it. Acording to tech powerup there are sites taking preorders for the BE APUS.

http://www.techpowerup.com/156232/AMD-A8-3870K-and-A6-3670K-up-for-Pre-Order.html

Now if they would just release them soon Ill be happy.

Its all good as long as they hury it up.
But i think AMD need to sort out the overall performance deficit against Intel 2500K / 2600K's.

The new FX CPU's don't seem a defined mark up on top end Phenom's, so what was the point, or what happened there?

How long will it be before Intel mark up the performance with a new range of CPU's?

AMD need to come up with something drastic and fast.

Do you know if this is a new stepping? I am contemplating one of these.

who are these aimed at? aren't these just decent processors with a pretty good but not great graphics solution built in? And will they xfire with a dedicated card?

These are aimed at low to mid range markets. I have an A8 3850 fusion build for my wife right now. They are nice but the overclocking due to the integration of the NB functions to the APU. The unlocked multi chips should eliminate that issue.