- Inexpensive. In comparison to the Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge, the flagship FX-8350 Vishera is more affordable without sacrificing performance. Effective acceleration. The future looks bright for multi-threaded software and games (I'm sure everyone knows that Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's next-gen Xbox will run on AMD's eight-core Jaguar/Kabini processors, thus new games and consoles will be optimized for the x86 architecture's many cores).
- Overclocking, however, causes it to heat up just like any other CPU. Invest in a quality cooler if overclocking is in your future. Second, the Socket AM3+ CPU interface appears to be obsolete as of the current version. The next upgrade will necessitate a new motherboard, as the Steamroller due out in the second half of the year will likely run on an architecture similar to AM4, and the Excavator due out the following year will run on AM4 +. However, Intel faces a similar problem.