AMD A4 5300 CPU (3.4GHZ, 1MB Cache, 2 Core, HD7480D, Socket FM2, 65W, Retail Boxed)

Due to motherboard compatibility issues, I was forced to buy an A4 before I could install my Richland A10 (see my MSI FM2 A75MA E35 review for the whole story). Before I installed the A10 I had a little time to play around with this APU and I must say, performance is very impressive for the price. Everything was nice and quick and looked great on a 32" HDTV. Didn't get a chance to play any games on it but raw numbers and other reviews suggest it should be roughly equal to an Xbox 360 or a PS3 in graphics power so decent performance at 720p but I wouldn't push it up to 1080p (incidentally, on paper it should be very similar to the A6-4455M in my laptop but with a better CPU and that is a pretty competent 720p gaming machine so it should serve you well). Overall, great price and recommended for a light gaming and HD media PC machine.

I managed to pick this processor up for only £22. It is more than capable of handling every day tasks and I would definitely recommend it if you can find a cheap motherboard to pair it with. But you will not get miracles in terms of performance. There is no doubt a surprising amount of graphical horsepower provided by this chip - but after having ran tests, the performance is somewhat comparable to a GeForce 610 so you should not expect to be playing games with this chip. As far as the CPU performance is concerned, considering the price it is rather decent. But it provides performance comparable to an older Core 2 Duo which isn't ideal if you have any plans of combining this chip with a graphics card. So do invest in a more powerful chip such as the A6, or the A8 (or an Intel Celeron with a dedicated graphics card) if you plan on doing anything more than watching a few movies and browsing the web.

Really quick CPU and great onboard GPU if you don't want to do hardcore gaming. I used this CPU on a home server system using Ubuntu, I use the system for sharing and downloading media of all types. For that purpose it is great, it seems to be very quick and works very well with Ubuntu. I am also using the onboard GPU and it also seems to be very good for everything apart from hardcore games. Fast and cheap what more can I say.

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I bought this for a Linux Mint 15 HTPC project. It's reasonable for this purpose, but not the bargain AMD claims it to be. For Windows based machines this may warrant an extra star. *** Review Update *** With the price-drop and running Windows 7 64 Bit, I would now update this to a 4 star product. *** Review Update (2) *** This system is now running Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit and it runs fine on this budget CPU.

I am not the type of computer user who is interested in ever bigger and ever faster. But I did want my near 10 year old system updating a little so bought this A4-5300, some new RAM and a motherboard to go with it. My logic went along the lines of it being less hassle buying an APU rather than getting a new graphics card too, and also cheaper. End result, my system is double quick compared to what it was and 5 times more capable. Of course, the addition of faster ram and all the new technologies incorporated in my new motherboard are in part responsible for the improved performance. I did a brief performace test with around 20 browser windows open running in two different browser programs, with a couple of those playing Youtube video, Open Office and a few other programs / applications opened and running and the load on the CPU elements of the APU was around 50%. So it is plenty fast enough for the "normal home user." Obviously, not suitable for people who want to play leading edge PC games, but should be fine with what were leading edge PC games 5 or 6 years back. Before deciding on the A4 I looked at Passmark scores for the chip and its graphics component, respectively double and triple what I was using beforehand. Not being a Windows user I cannot offer up any experience index scores for the APU but there is no question in my mind it is presently the best value way of upgrading for people who want their PC to keep pace with the extra demands placed upon it by evolving software and applications who are not power hungry users. Of course, the more you spend knowing what is value for money, even if it is just ten pounds, the more power and capabilities you get. But for the ever hard pressed like me who don't need a supercomputer, this is a great buy.

I bought one of these to upgrade my mums PC, and it is simply fantastic! Performance on Windows 8 and Ubuntu is fantastic, and its low power consumption makes it perfect for a desktop pc thats for basic use. I have always bought AMD, and this reminds me exactly why, it was a cheap and very powerful! I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a new CPU for a home/office desktop!

It may not be the bottom of the FM2 range but this is a good little workhorse and you can overclock it quite superbly if you have the right board - ideal combo is the magnificent Asrock FM2A75 Pro. Does what it says on the tin. If you are a high spec gamer you will want to look elsewhere Core I7 from intel or the Amd FM2 A10 Quad processor are a good bet but if all you want is for a decent machine that will do internet , office and some games this is the best bet. The most useful benefit for these processors and for companies wanting to slash their energy bill is the low 65 watt tdp processor power draw - currently mine draws little more than 35 watts in normal use - to get the full 65 watt you would have to be running prime mersennes or high end game - the upper echelon of this processor range runs at 100 watts - very few people actually use 100 percent of processor util so this is the idealchip for the cost conscious user. Cheap cheerful but not nasty.

Erstaunlich was das Teil leistet.Bei 8 GB Ram und AsrockA55M-HD+, habe ich ohne Grafikkarte,eine Bewertung des PC eine 6,2 erreicht.Damit ist der PC stromsparend und leise.

J'ai récupéré un pc qui avait un processeur de 1ghz, j'ai changé la carte mère, la ram, j'ai pris ce processeur, et maintenant, ça fonctionne super bien !

processore acquistato per assemblare un pc molto economico, non avevo molte pretese e forse un po'per quel motivo sono rimasto impressionato dalla bontà di questa cpu, ovviamente non è un mostro di velocità, ma per navigare, guardare filmati in full hd (sia su internet che da file), ascoltare musica e uso universitario, si comporta estremamente bene sempre fluido e reattivo, provato con windows 8 e non mi ha dato problemi. La GPU integrata non fatica nelle operazioni di multimediali e riesce a far girare giochi non recenti (tipo portal 2 uscito nel 2011) in full hd con dettagli al massimo in maniera abbastanza fluida, ovviamente non ci si devono aspettare tali prestazioni con giochi recenti. Aggiungo che il processore è stato abbinato ad una scheda madre MSI FM2-A55-E33 con 4 GB di ram Kingston hyperX da 1600MHz

Para los que busquen un ordenador normalito pero potente, por que sorprende....la gente está siempre en contra de los AMD, pero para mi son los mejores productos en calidad/prestaciones/precio, y yo llevo usando AMDs desde el K6-2 y puedo asegurar que nunca me han dado ningún problema ni se han quemado ni nada por el estilo. No es necesario hacer overcloking, por que ya funciona a bastante frecuencia: 3,4Ghz. He jugado al GTA4 y logicamente con la resolución al mínimo y algunas cosas al nivel medio y ningún salto ni nada, la verdad es que esta APU se asemejan mucho a las que llevarán las proximas PS4 y XBOX, por algo será. Logicamente esta precisamente no se puede comparar, por rendimiento pero la arquitectura es la misma, y serán (las consolas) un escalón por encima de la APU A10, con mas núcleos, etc. Eso si la gráfica de la GPU utiliza memoria RAM, logicamente, entonces si pones 8 Gb como le puse yo, te absorbe RAM dependiendo de las necesidades de la gráfica, en cuanto empiezas con 512mb pero en cuanto pones un juego o exijes mas de la cuenta, se le dedican mas megas o gigas a la gráfica, y al bajo precio que estan estas APUs y las DDR3, de cabeza. Si eres un jugón ocasional un A10, y si eres un GAMER (ya me entendéis) mejor un FX, por que NO necesitas un i7(intel va de sobrada), le metes gráfica guapa, de AMD si es posible, para hacer DUALGRAPHICS con el A10, El FX no tiene Gpu con lo cual, tiene mas espacio para mas chaché y andarán mejor con una grafica a parte. Lo que mas hay que tener en cuenta es la memoria, que yo recomiendo mínimo 8 gb. El micro influye, pero hay que mirar todo el conjunto, además un i7 no se le puede sacar partido ya que el hardware va mas avanzado que el software, por eso lo de que van de sobraos, AMD no tiene prisa por que no tiene por que sacar algo al que no le vas a poder sacar provecho excepto en servidores.

I didn't want to buy this processor, just as a small note to be aware of when you read this. I bought this processor to test a motherboard when my athlon 860k decided to die and newegg did not want to express ship me a new one. I notified my client who was paying for this computer and he was devastated to know that the 90 dollar CPU he paid for had just died and the only way to meet HIS deadline was to drop in a cheap 50 dollar processor. I apologize, ensured that the next time he came home we'd have everything fixed and he reluctantly accepted my offer of a new CPU cooler and replacement processor as an acceptable apology. getting down into it, I fired up dying light with a R9 270 manufactured by HiS and i was delighted. Pros 45 FPS on Dying Light at medium graphics 1080p 60 fps in league at all times video editing and encoding are better than his previous laptop beautiful audio quality with all FM2 processors Cons: dual core causes weird anomalies that i don't notice when using a quad core(IE a missing tree here and there, less foliage density) bottlenecks the GPU slightly performance per watt is low compared to the newer iterations All in all, I think this processor is a great buy for anyone looking for a cheap, budget minded gaming build for 720-900p gaming. when paired with a sub 150 dollar graphics card one can hope to achieve decent framerates and better-than-console gaming. However I would also recommend this as something for an average home user or someone who is going to use this for light media usage. as of now I am waiting from a new athlon and will hopefully be doing my own review of that on here as well.