April proved to be a fun-filled month with AMD allowing me to review two of its newest entries in processors. As you may recall, the Athlon X4 880K and A10-7890K were both released back in March to expand their lineup of socket FM2+ based processors with the faster base speed offerings of 4.0 and 4.1 GHz, respectively, for their class. The boxed retail releases for these new processors also include new heatsink/fan combinations (like the Wraith cooler) that support up to 125W of thermal dissipation.

At the end of April, AMD also provided an updated slide presentation for their FX processor lineup. One of these was titled ?HOW DO AMD FX CPUs GIVE YOU MORE??, as shown in the first image below. This slide depicts AMD's breakdown of the 8000/9000, 6000, and 4000 series processors and how they offer more cores and cache per CPU against equivalent Intel offerings, as long as a helpful reminder about how all of the FX processors are multiplier-unlocked for enthusiasts to overclock as desired.

Along with this updated slide, AMD also provided new details on an old favorite, the FX 8350 CPU that was first introduced in October, 2012. As shown in the second image below, the updated AMD FX 8350 is positioned to directly compete with the Intel Core i5-6500. The difference is the FX 8350 CPU is now packaged with the newly released Wraith heatsink for more effective processor cooling potential out of the box.