AMD's Inexpensive A8-7650K Kaveri APU May Launch This Week

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A chip for budget overclockers

Rumor has it that AMD is getting ready to release its A8-7650K APU on February 20 in Japan, and presumably other parts of the world soon after. The chips is based on AMD's Kaveri architecture and features an unlocked multiplier. Combined with a price tag that's estimated to be around $117 in Japan, the A8-7650K will be a relatively affordable option for overclockers working with a budget.
The chip's rumored February 20 release appears to originate from Hermitage Akihabara, though Fudzilla claims AMD has "confirmed" the date, adding that prices are typically a bit higher in Japan. We haven't been able to confirm the launch, but if it does happen on Friday, we suspect it will be in the neighborhood of $105, the number that was floating around last month.
AMD's A8-7650K sports four Steamroller cores on two dual-core modules running at 3.3GHz to 3.9Ghz. It also has 4MB lf L2 cache, Radeon R7 graphics with 384 stream processors, a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller, and a 95W TDP. The chip will work in FM2+ motherboards.
One thing that's interesting about the release is that, on paper, it's slower than the A8-7700K that AMD stopped selling last year.
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