Watch This Before Buying an AMD A10-6800K | An Owner's Retrospective

[@wesleyd.7433]

Its 2022 and im happily running an A10-6800k - ms-7778 (ver1) - 32gb ram - 500gbSSD and a xtx RX-480 all on air cooling (cpu slightly overclocked) while connected to a 60" 4k tv/monitor. I am blown away by this things performance. After newest win10 update and amd radeon updates i am getting 3800x2830 @ 60fps with medium/high quality settings in Fortnight (for my kid) and blender, fusion, cura, etc has never been smoother. I wont be upgrading this old pc for a while. Never thought it could be so nice.

[@vegarnilsen9283]

I am concidering something like this for Fusion and light gaming, but with an RX 580. Would you recommend?

[@koolpoollool]

dont you think 32gb ram is bottlenecking?

[@annonymousghostdetector8425]

amd a10 apus are pretty awesome ...

[@annonymousghostdetector8425]

hell no why would 32gb ram bottleneck it ? @@koolpoollool

[@adamskyj69]

I've being running this APU since 2013. It was my main PC till about 2015 but my granddaughter still uses. Initially, I upgraded it with a compatible AMD GPU as a second card, very clever - it link with the APU's integrated GPU via crossfire, it really did help it out. Then I stuck in a MSI 970GTX, still in the machine today. That really did boost it for games in 1080p. Never a days problem and great overclocker.

[@joannaatkins822]

Nice! I'm glad you had such a good time overclocking, that's a positive thing for nerds like me who want to muck about and extract a bit of performance

[@Minitrucker231]

I have an AMD A8 unlocked Black Edition processor with a Nvidia GT 740 and 16 gigs of RAM in my other computer, which pushed me to stay away from Intel and go AMD whenever I decided to get a new computer. I now have a AMD Ryzen 7 8 core, 16 thread CPU in my current laptop which I absolutely love.

[@janwitkowsky8787]

I'd argue, taht if one were to go ultra cheap APU starter build and the Athlon 200ge isn't available... An a320 board with an A8-9600 APU. Or a b350/450 board for that matter, if you can get it for cheap. It's still current gen socket. Supports DDR4. There's an actual upgrade path still, with the Ryzen series. Heck even Ryzen APU in a couple of years, if the budget is litterally on a shoestring, so that you have to wait another 3-5 years before an R3-2200G/R5-2400G is within your price range.

[@amightygrizzly]

I had an A10-6700 once before in the ASUS Essentio lineup of prebuilts one time. I personally didn't enjoy it. Strangely enough, the APU's integrated graphics solution was so bad that it couldn't run even 720p or 480p videoplayback on KZbin. It had the all the drivers and multiple operating systems in different configurations like Linux to the lightest versions of Windows to be custom made for it as a tester. It just couldn't do regular videoplayback. Now, I definitely believe the APU, A10-6800k, you used was absolutely fine and had no problems. But my past experiences with AMD was...well...not so good. I've built systems now with AMD Ryzen which is the great. But, my experiences with old AMD is not great. I'm happy to hear that you had a good experience though. 😊

[@rashkavar]

It's weird seeing the venerable CPU in the computer I built in 2014 getting an analysis in 2021... I'm doing analysis now to see what the path forward for this old computer is once I manage to scrape together the funds for a new gaming PC. Mostly trying to get a handle on how it runs graphically, as the equally archaic graphics card in it has apparently lost one of its fans.

[@brymstoner]

like many of the comments here, my a10-6800k is a trusty workhorse that i still use in my main to this day. i'm an apu fan though. have 5 more; 4 x 5350's and a gx-420gl soc. using them all as linux servers. all 6 machines combined draw less than 500w consistently. gotta love apu's!

[@Obie327]

Hey RMD Tech, I used to own the A10 5800x but returned it for a Intel ivy 3570k. Later on i revised and built on the Godarvi A10 7860k for a media Center. I ended up stuffing it with a GT 1030. After 6+ years it's been going strong and stable at 4.2ghz/2133mhz ram. Bumping up the FSB to 2000 and fast Crucial MX 500 SSD boot keeps it in serviceability hunt. What amazes me about the A88 platform/A10 is how stable and reliable it still is. (knock on wood) Thanks for the video! Cheers!

[@annonymousghostdetector8425]

its very stable no doubt this was amazed me too.. someday i will go for amd a5 newer socket/cpu but honestly i dont have a reason for it amd a10 7800b never disappointed me . its a very fine apu i have no idea why some peoples hates it so much , probably because amd decided to split cores probably but afterall they all are in same die which uses to boost perfomance

[@Obie327]

@@annonymousghostdetector8425 Amd lost a class action lawsuit over the amount of "Real", CPU cores their Die's really had at that time. They were forced to change their core counts to reflect this. My Quad core A10 7860k turned into 2 core 4 threads in Window's Task scheduler. The system really didn't skip a beat except when the OC'ing wasn't stable in the beginning. (Better cooler, higher FSB voltages) Over time it got pretty noisy and slow and struggled to handle average tasks. Upgraded last year to a Ryzen 5 5600/32 gigs/GTX 1650 ddr6. That sure did the trick. 👌

[@Anlushac11]

I still own my A10-6800K. I built the best no video card system I could build about August 2013. I still have the APU. I think it's now in it's 3rd motherboard. It going in a system I'm building for a friend for light gaming with 16gb ram and a retired rx 56 I have sitting around.

[@retrotechpinas3640]

You have done an excellent job explaining the cpu's architecture in general than most "renowned" techtubers I know who simply resort to the core count lawsuit which probably benefited less than 1% of the FX users and leaving it at that.

[@mazharkhatri779]

Should I buy used desktop AMD A10 7890k | GTX 1050 2gb | 16gb Ram | 500gb ssd, 4tb HDD ? For playing fortnight and others games like that? Your suggestion would be appreciated ❤️

[@petern40]

Just what I was looking for!

[@matthewday7565]

The IGP seems to be way more powerful than the onboard graphics of AM3/AM3+ boards, but then with a GPU, how would they compare as a budget solution

[@TechTested]

Great video. I am really blown away by the performance bump with the higher RAM.

[@OfWodensFolk]

Picked up one of these with 8GB DDR3 1600, ASUS A55BM-E motherboard, 300w PSU 80+ rated and generic case for £27. Just something to mess about with and going to throw a cheap XFX R7 260X 2GB into it.

[@peterconnell2496]

It seems a silly choice when it was improved on so much by its (also old ) successor - the FM2+ a10 7000 series. It went from a GPU gimping pcie2 to pcie3 eg.

[@OfWodensFolk]

Thinking of getting a cheap a10 7700k or 7800 to mess around with. Can pick them up for around £18 in the UK.

[@HardWhereHero]

Scrounging through the bins at goodwill and found this cpu attached to a ASUS F2A85-M motherboard and 32GB of ram, I also found a gtx 980 FE in the box. Paid less than $60 for both. The mobo even had the i/o with it! Color me impressed! My kiddo asked if it was for his build and I just laughed and told him "Your not patient enough for this CPU" Kids now days expect stuff to load the moment they click / press. I cant imagine how many heads would roll if we suddenly had to go back to 56k dialup. AMAZING VALUE FOR A CPU THAT RUNS FORKNIFE AND GTA 5!!! This chip has held its own in the last few years, the damn thing still goes for $30 on the fleabay and the i3 3220 is like 3 to 4 bucks. People shoot for this cpu to make mini gaming builds and HTPC's. it stomps intel to death at GPU performance. No matter all the jokes we made in the past, I used to call them "A pee ewwww's" I am glad AMD stuck with it and kept workin on their igpu's

[@sebastianchelminiak5970]

Great video. However, you had mentioned that you and your other Tech buddy figured out on how to gain a HUGE boost and Overclock this particular CPU to pretty well it's maximum. You stated to checkout in the details for a URL to another webpage which explains how the two of you accomplished this? However, there is nothing in the details?

[@slurpeedurp6332]

Awesome video! Thank you :)

[@BeefLettuceAndPotato]

Even though now a days i have a real rig (managed to snag the 5700xt before GPUs disappeared 😅).. I'll never forget or stop loving APUs. They let me build a cheap Lil PC for college back in 2012... It could handle Rome total war and world of tanks like a champ 🤣

[@slurpeedurp6332]

I'm pairing my asus f2a55-m le with the a10-6800k is that alright? I also have the asus gtx 550 ti with 8gbs ram in my pc as well. This will be my gaming rig until I can afford to pay $1100 for my future pc lol

[@CompCityGiveaways]

Always wondered how these were! never used one!

[@realbuckybarnes1753]

Thx I have a quad channel Asus mobo fm2 gonna use the A10 and do a retro build that games

[@cybercat1531]

Interesting video. But I have to ask, what's going on with your PC in the background? A bit hot? :D

[@RMDTech]

It's to help keep the GPU cool when I do the odd bit of mining. This case has terrible air flow for the GPU!

[@oggyosbourne]

@@RMDTech I guess you are using NiceHash QuickMiner? I have been doing that for over 2 months now on my RTX 3090 ^^

[@bethl21]

Great video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@annonymousghostdetector8425]

amd apus are bit complicated to understand this is the reason why alot of peoples underestimate , it is revised version of failed bulldozer first launched at 2011, amd apus are pretty much fine

[@paultheretrogamer]

Great video it's bugging were have I heard your intro music before

[@rdrygomorata8855]

Can I play fifa 24 on the process

[@shadyassassin636]

I got this in my PC I bought in 2014 and still use today. I got because it was dual graphics It had the integrateded graphics + raedon r7 200 graphics card. Then a year or so later I upgraded to windows 10 and the whole reason I bought the PC was incompatible with windows 10. is there a way to get my dual graphics back? I dont play any new games but even older games people seem to get better FPS. I'd just like to be able to set different apps or programs to use different GPU but I cant do that anymore. the IGPU A10 driver is 8670D and says "no drivers are installed for this device" so I can only use the R7. Both are limited so I was hoping to be able to get them both working instead of having to update anything. I also have 20 GB ram which has helped

[@romaralaman810]

Download AMD Catalyst Control Center for your A10-6800k. I'm using A6-5400k for it and does overclock well.

[@LexyDaShmexxy]

i would only recommend this if you can find one for cheap, this cpu can't handle gaming that well, i owned an a10 6700(same cpu just not overclockable) i had it paired with a 1650 and it would struggle with most games but it can run them for the most part and if you're giving it to your younger siblings ONLY give it to them if you hate them

[@rcoooo-ib2sj]

my setup a10 5800k gts 450 and its not good but playable

[@MidnightToker24]

I had it hybrid crossfired with a 6670 for a year. Then paired it with an Nvidia 960 til this day. Seems like an ok balance. Had the Apu since 2014.

[@tothpeter2296]

so that's why I can't run Rage 2 (proud(?) A10-6800K here)

[@bullseye2k306]

Hey rmd why do i get ur vids a day later

[@RMDTech]

Hey man, not sure tbh! Guess you'll have to turn on the bell notifications so you don't miss out next time! :D

[@ThomasThaItalian]

I run A10 8850 pro and it smashes with Radeon rx580. Runs amazing to compare my i5.

[@mordecaiepsilon]

The music is a little too hype, but cool video overall

[@SinaFarhat]

Nice! :)

[@RMDTech]

Thanks! 😄

[@mladendzekson13]

2 cores 4 tred

[@sovo1212]

Running Windows with these CPUs is a huge mistake. Win10/11 is terribly bloated, not sure if this is done on purpose to ensure obsolescence of hardware, or if it's just plain incompetence from Microsoft. It's far better to install a lightweight Linux distribution. Then I'd do the opposite instead of overclocking, undervolting/underclocking, so it runs cooler. This CPU is great for office use and light gaming, provided you get it for cheap. It doesn't make any sense to use a discrete GPU with it.

[@roasthunter]

These are awful CPUs! I bought a 7890k new years ago and it was trash

[@annonymousghostdetector8425]

lol why did u poop on it?

[@soldiersvejk2053]

The cpu is really weak… barely comparable to a 2nd i3.😢

[@rihanhani]

Rill

[@annonymousghostdetector8425]

u r drunk go get some rest

[@hansmaker1236]

no no, i havent watched the video. but dude, that fm2 stuff was and is trash.

[@keeperofthegood]

Windows 11 sure looks garish and ugly. Only distraction in the entire video.

[@imperiajor]

Great video man, as a owner of this same A10-6800K (and not a dedicade gpu, just the igpu of the a10) i must say that i "love it" ☺, i play "DDO" (here is a free code for all FREEDDO2024) and "Magic ARENA" and it works nice, yea is old, and yea it get heat lol, but run awesome all music, movies, and this games, and that is all i need, thanks all ^-^.

[@ThomasThaItalian]

They always beat Intel on speed tests by a ton lol. And Intel couldn't play Tetris no less cod.