 Whistle Door slams Keyboard sounds Sound of a door opening Ding Sound of a door closing Welcome to an unboxing that has been requested many times. There's a lot of anticipation going on Yes, this is the unboxing of the AMD FX Processor so I've only got one of them here today, but there are actually a number of different FX processors So there's the 8 core FX 8150 Which is what I have inside here at least I think so there's the slightly slower 8 core FX There's also a 6 core FX So that's a 6000 series and then there's also 4 core FX and that's the 4000 series So what FX processors all have in common is that they are am3 plus? Processor so these are based on the bulldozer architecture from AMD. They are all unlocked for ultimate overclocking and I Guess that's pretty much it. We have more performance more unlocked CPUs and Just generally a lot of excitement going on right now on the AMD side so what I find inside the There we go Unlocks. Oh, I mean unlock the world's first 8 core desktop CPU, which it is right here Okay, maximum performance more course the power you crave at every price point cool innovative architecture So this all-new architecture for maximum flexibility and efficiency It's funny they should mention that because that is one of the key things about the bulldozer architecture So each of those eight cores is not necessarily a full core in the traditional sense but what AMD has allowed through their creative engineering is Almost eight full cores of performance by sharing certain aspects of two cores together okay, so Two cores will share sort of one component that gets used less and then we'll have dedicated components so that they can still spit out Most of the performance of a full core so very very cool stuff Next industry leading price per performance. That's not really a new thing We're all used to that on the AMD side all AMD FX processors are unlocked to allow the maximum tunable performance So AMD is basically going okay. You know what? Forget the whole lockdown thing We're going back to the Athlon XP days folks because every one of these CPUs you can overclock just by adjusting the multiplier adjusting the core voltage and Testing for stability there is no tuning FSB or tuning base clock or adjusting RAM dividers or whatever whatever Finicky stuff nope you take it you turn up the frequency and then you're happy That's it comes with a t-shirt at least this kit does and also comes get this you guys you guys are gonna love this With an epic bell buckle So I'm gonna go ahead and show you guys like how big this here belt buckle is I mean You know if AMD what if we didn't already know that AMD is an Austin, Texas based company I think we know now so there you go All right, let's go ahead and take my first look and probably one of your first looks depending when this video comes out at the AMD FX 8 core 8150 sorry 8150 I believe yep 8150 CPU, so there's some seals on here that I'm gonna go ahead and break Got it and this one Got it, okay. Oh, there's the CPU. There's the CPU. I can touch it. I can touch it. No. It's got plastic over it It's okay Experience supercharged responsive gameplay and mega multitasking performance with the AMD FX 8 core processor black edition world's first 8 core desktop unlocked and overclockable and it has AMD turbo core technology which allows the cores to Overclock themselves even if you're not comfortable Overclocking the CPU on your own in spite of the fact that with an unlocked CPU Overclocking is quite easy Okay, please read this first prior to installing your AMD FX CPU go to your motherboard manufacturers website and download the latest bios This is very very important All right, we've got an instruction manual inside. You'll find a certificate of authenticity a three-year warranty and installation instructions We've got an AMD AM 3 plus 80 150 CPU which I'll show you in more detail later as well as an unlocked FX sticker for your case and Finally, we have an AMD approved heat-sink fan combo made by ABC evidently Hey pretty nice one, too. Okay, we've got four heat pipes on this guy and a 60 mil fan and Here is a very fascinating fact for you guys. Look at this. Does this look familiar? Does this look like every other AMD heat sink from like the last five years? that is because AM 3 plus is fully compatible with AM 2 and 2 plus and AM 3 and even many socket 939 and even many socket 754 heat sinks so as long as it can handle the thermal output of the FX series chip Which is actually not that high by the way It is capable of fitting on an AM 3 plus board and CPU very cool All right, so let's take out the chip itself and have a quick look actually there's something else I want to show you guys really quick Okay Open this up. So we have a crosshair 5 motherboard here. So this is part of AMD's 900 series chipset boards This is made by Asus so there's a black socket that is an AM 3 plus socket So if you're not sure if your socket is AM 3 plus compatible, all you have to do is check the color Although there aren't any natively AM 3 plus motherboards at this time that are not featuring 900 series chipsets So that is 970 990 X or 990 FX is what you're gonna want What's cool about these platforms to is AMD is really taking gaming very seriously with this platform So not only do you have eight cores of unlocked overclockable goodness But you've also got full SLI and full crossfire compatibility on the 900 series boards where the manufacturer Licenses those technologies so the crosshair 5 formula is crossfire ready SLI ready supports dual channel DDR 3 memory and Supports an 8 core CPU in a single socket So thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 8150 FX CPU from AMD It sure does feel good to see that FX badge on the top of the heat spreader again And don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips from our unboxings reviews and other computer videos