AMD FX-8120 and 8150?

[Pepperlizard]

The AMD FX-8120 and AMD FX-8150 seem to be the same CPU to me. Is there some hardware feature that makes one superior to the other or is the only difference that the 8150 has been factory overclocked and the 8120 has not?

 

[claptonman]

Pretty much got it. Its clocked at a higher ghz. I'd never go for the 8150 over the 8120, unless of course it was cheaper.

 

[Virssagòn]

nope they are exactly the same chip...
you could get a 8150 that clocks higher, or an 8120 that clocks higher then any 8150.
you must have some luck with that.

FX-8150 FX-8120

AM3+ / AM3+
4000 MT/s / 4000 MT/s
8x 3600 MHz / 8x 3100 MHz
Zambezi / Zambezi
32 nm 32 nm
128 + 256 kB / 128 + 256 kB
4x 2048 kB / 4x 2048 kB
8192 kB / 8192 kB
1,41 Volt / 1,41 Volt

ca. 125 Watt / ca. 125 Watt

you can maybe just clock a 8120 to the 8150 speed.

 

[jonnyp11]

Yeah, they use the same coolers i'm pretty sure so you could probably buy the 8120 and stick it at 3.6Ghz no problem.

 

[tech savvy]

well

bumb ubm!

bumb ubm! red X

 

[Virssagòn]

Go for the 8150 if you don't want to overclock.
But GO WITH THE 8120 if you want to overclock it.

Don't spend your money on 8150 if you can overclock it yourselve.

 

[Zire]

I've just started with the whole overclocking and I use a FX-8120 at 3.8Ghz So far I'm stable and I have no heating problems at all. 2 hours into a stress test and only hitting temps of 36-39c using a corsair water cooling system.

I would just go with the 8120 because it's very easy to learn how to oc it seems.