FD832EWMHKBOX - AMD FX-8320E 8-Core 3.2GHz 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ Processor

About AMD FX 8320E Black Edition, AMD FX™, Socket AM3+, 32 nm, AMD, FX-8320, 3.2 GHz

AMD FX 8320E Black Edition. Processor family: AMD FX™, Processor socket: Socket AM3+, Processor lithography: 32 nm. Memory channels: Dual-channel, Memory types supported by processor: DDR3-SDRAM, Memory clock speeds supported by processor: 1866 MHz. Market segment: Desktop, Supported instruction sets: AES, AVX, SIMD2, SIMD3, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2

Transform your PC into a multimedia powerhouse

Take your PC’s megatasking abilities to extreme levels with the first native 8-core desktop processor built with dynamic, tuneable performance to handle multiple intensive apps without breaking a sweat.

- Advanced 3D gaming;
- Complex 3D modeling;
- HD video editing.

New Instruction Capabilities
- AVX - Advanced Vector Extensions increase parallelism for scientific and 3D apps using heavy floating point calculations;
- FMA4 and XOP – Floating-Point Vector Multiply-Accumulate and eXtended Operations improves throughput and performance on many integer and floating point vector functions;
- AES - Advanced Encryption Standard increases performance on encryption apps like TrueCrypt and PCMark.

AMD FX Processors
We call it the new AMD FX 8-Core Processor Black Edition and it's unlocked for your overclocking pleasure. Experience unmatched multitasking and pure core performance with the industry's first 32nm 8-core desktop processor. Get the speed you crave with AMD Turbo CORE Technology to push your core frequencies to the limit when you need it most. Go beyond the limits of maximum speed with easy-to-use AMD OverDrive technology and AMD Catalyst Control Center software suites. But the best part of all? You'll get all this impressive performance at an unbelievable price. You'll be asking yourself "what competition?" in no time.

AMD FX 8-Core Processors
- The industry's first and only native 8-core desktop processor for unmatched multitasking and pure core performance with "Bulldozer" architecture.
- New 32 nanometer die shrink designed to reduce leakage for improved efficiency, increased clock rate headroom and better thermals.

AMD Turbo CORE Technology
AMD FX Processors come equipped with AMD Turbo CORE Technology. AMD Turbo CORE Technology is a performance boosting technology that helps increase performance on the applications that need it the most.

AMD Balanced Smart Cache
- Shared L3 cache;
- Improved scheduling and pre-fetch capabilities;
- 64-ways;
- Increased data queue sizes;
- Coherency for 8-cores.

AMD Wide Floating Point Accelerator
- Shared FP Scheduler;
- Dual 128-bit Floating point engines – capable of teaming together for 256-bit AVX instructions or operating separately with each core.

HyperTransport Technology
- One 16-bit link at up to 5600MT/s;
- Up to 8.0GB/s HyperTransport I/O bandwidth; Up to 16GB/s in HyperTransport Generation 3.0 mode;
- Up to 37GB/s total delivered processor-to-system bandwidth.

Integrated DRAM Controller with AMD Memory Optimizer Technology
- A high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated memory controller;
- Supports up to DDR3-1866;
- Supports new low voltage memories of 1.35V and 1.2V;
- Up to 29.9GB/s memory bandwidth for DDR3;
- New Pre-Fetcher improvements;
- Direct communications to each core in Dual-Core module.

AMD Virtualization Technology with IOMMU
- Silicon feature-set enhancements designed to improve the performance, reliability and security of existing and future virtualization environments by allowing virtualized applications with direct and rapid access to their allocated memory.
- IOMMU is an extension to AMD64 architecture to support address translation and access protection on DMA transfers;
- Security for User Level application and Virtual Machine guest operating system;
- Address translation and access control;
- Device isolation;
- Device assignment in virtualized systems;
- Security and trusted boot support;
- Unified interrupt management.

AMD PowerNow! AMD Technology
- Enhanced power management features which automatically and instantaneously adjusts performance states and features based on processor performance requirements;
- C6 power state flushes the cache and removes voltage from individual cores to help reduce power consumption;
- CC6 power state puts all cores in C6 into an even lower power state;
- for quieter operation and reduced power requirements;
- Separate memory controller power control;
- IO-based c-state interface;
- Works automatically without the need for drivers or BIOS enablement.
- Power can be switched on or off within a single clock cycle, saving energy with minimal impact to performance.