AMD FX-8100

[Spun Ducky]

So I have seen a few of these chips on ebay but can't really find them anywhere else. I am wondering why these 8 core chips are so uncommon as they seem to fit the bill for some work I am doing. I run a bot farm(nothing illegal) among other heavily multithreaded applications and a ton of instances of an app that causes hyper threading to not be so hot.

I am wondering what a fair price for them and board as I am trying to keep this as cheap as possibly these will be headless units.

 

[drescherjm]

My bet why they are uncommon is they would most likely be sold at a loss or very little profit by AMD. The 8 core bulldozer is an expensive chip to make. Although at 95W TDP they may be able to charge the same price as an 8120 for the 8100.

 

[Mr Spocko]

I've not checked but I would assume a chip for some of the OEM's?
Can't see any other reason for it myself.
The new PD models should offer an improved 8120 model with a lower 95w TDP. If that is accurate it should be great for overclocking.