Allen
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AMD A12-9800 Pushed to 4.8 GHz on an AM4 Board Called Octopus
.. it does feature the AM4 socket and the B350 chipset. .. this motherboard is built for the DIY market and isn’t finished yet in terms of design. So it’s just an early look at what kind of overclockability some really good value AM4 motherboards would offer to users..
The chip was clocked to a maximum overclock of 4.8 GHz, a cool 27% increase in clock speed. Chip voltage was configured at 1.325V. At this overclock, the chip managed to score 4608 points in HWBot Prime benchmark. The great thing about this testing is that it was performed on air. The AMD in-house built, Wraith cooler, was used for cooling. The cooler has set a great foundation for AMD reference coolers that will be compatible with the AM4 socket...
A12 APU is still the older 28nm node -- but updated architecture and R7 type graphics
Overclockability on air is good news in a sense. But, using an A12 APU for a gamer's computer with a separate GPU is not recommended to SimHQ readers. Nonetheless, it could make a good very low cost system that could play all games (newest games at reduced settings), based on my AMD APU builds.
