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# 3.5 GHz dual-core speed Radeon R5 integrated graphics 2MB cache for fast data access A Series Processor 3.5 2 AD740KYBJABOX

**Brand:** amd
**Price:** S$159
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🔥 Unlock your budget build’s hidden gaming beast! 🎮

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** A Series Processor 3.5 2 AD740KYBJABOX by amd
- **How much does it cost?** S$159 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- amd enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted amd brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Optimized Memory Support:** Supports DDR3 1866 MHz RAM to maximize APU graphics and processing efficiency.
- • **Advanced AMD Technologies:** Includes AMD App Acceleration, Quick Stream, and Steady Video for faster apps, smooth streaming, and stabilized video playback.
- • **Unlocked for Overclocking:** Built-in unlocked multiplier lets you safely push performance further with compatible cooling solutions.
- • **Seamless Visuals with Radeon R5:** Integrated Radeon R5 graphics deliver impressive 1080p gaming and multimedia experiences without a discrete GPU.
- • **Power-Packed Dual-Core Performance:** 3.5 GHz base clock with turbo boost up to 3.9 GHz for smooth multitasking and gaming.

## Overview

The AMD A Series AD740KYBJABOX is a dual-core 3.5 GHz APU featuring Radeon R5 graphics and 2MB cache, designed for budget-conscious professionals and gamers seeking solid 1080p performance. With support for DDR3 1866 MHz RAM and AMD’s suite of acceleration and streaming technologies, it delivers smooth multitasking, gaming, and media playback. Its unlocked design invites enthusiasts to overclock, while the included quiet cooler keeps temperatures manageable for everyday use.

## Description

AMD's A-Series processor combines dual-core and quad-core CPUs and AMD Radeon graphics on a single power-efficient chip to enable premium performance and low power consumption.

Review: This is an unexpected powerful CP... I mean APU - I didn't expect this type of performance in an affordable CPU like this. This is my first APU ever. I repaired some laptops with the AMD C series processor, but that is far away from this. Even when I compare the graphics perfomance from my (unaffortunally gifted) Lenovo laptop with Intel HD Graphics 3000... WOOOOAAA!! This APU is a beast! Ok, this can't be compared with any Quad-Core processor from Intel or even AMD. Any Quad-Core with a great graphics card can destroy this little bunny. But what about the dual cores?... Well, personally I can't test it side-by-side with the Pentium G3258 yet (the "Anniversary" edition CPU from Intel) but for graphics the AMD can be more powerful (maybe not a lot). Both are overclockable so, you can add "more fun" to both, but I'm still thinking the APU can be better, just for graphics. Both can cost the same (Aprox. 60-70$) so both can be a bang for the buck for their respective platforms, but maybe in the Intel side you can get more benefits if you plan to get an i7 like the 4790K later on... Spending 300$ but building a powerful Z97 machine... Perfect! (That was my second option, but I just have 300$ to spend in the whole year... I can't upgrade for that i7 until the next year thanks to the Exchange control in my country Venezuela). But for a 300$ upgrade (or build, read my GA-F2A88X-UP4 review for details), this APU is just playing it so well. I didn't expect that kind of performance in games I never hope to run in this. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood in med-high at 1080p. GRID 2 and F1 2013 at 1080p in medium details. Low details at 720p in NFS Rivals (still playable, over 25FPS). Maxed out The Sims 4 at 1080p without antialising with variable 35 to 60fps. WOOOOOW!! I an happy (noob) gamer today. Thanks for this APU, AMD... But if I just could afford any quad core APU like the 7850K :'(. Let's talk about bad things from this little bunny. This APU is the worst (ok, the less featured) from the Kaveri architecture. It just have two cores running at 3.5GHz, with a little boost to 3.9GHz. That boost can do weird things in the temperature, I have this APU with the included cooler for about two months and today I had to change the thermal compound because my temps are taking above 70ºC; I do not recommend get this APU above 70º, this its thermal limit, and can short the lifespan. Hold on a second. Why are this APU taking the temps too far? Are you doing some overclocking? My answer YES... And no. Because if you motherboard have the "Turbo" feature for the APU clock already activated, you APU is doing some overclocking secretly... Until you check with some software like AIDA64 in the Overclock section: 13% of "secretly" overclocking. Not a huge deal if you don't play recent games like NFS Rivals. In my experience, the processor does it quite well running the gaming until my case sensors alert when the temps go to high (70-75ºC). Maybe I look like a maniac with the temps, but is a serious business: If you get some thermal throttling, you can notice it looking the performance; in my case, NFS goes with some lag when the temps gets above 70º at 720p resolution. That's not good and must to be solved. You can't do great thing with the supplied CPU cooler. Maybe some thermal compound change, helps. But the great secret if you want to continue with the stock cooler is deactivate the "Turbo" feature in the motherboard UEFI. The games right now runs solid, and not to far from 50ºC. Nice. If you want to get this issue completely rid off (Ok, my english isn't perfect, but you can get the point), buy an aftermarket CPU cooler like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo or whatever you like. Those coolers can provide you some improvements in the temps "problems", like 5 to 15ºC less, in some cases. Consider the airflow in your case and your, that helps too. Well, this is a good performer. Not a CPU destroyer, but this can run flawlessly in you FM2+ system (remember, this one can't run in a FM2 motherboard, just in FM2+ boards). I recommend get this thing feed with some fast RAM like 1866, 2133 or even 2400MHz DDR3 RAM; that can help you to get some improvements in graphical tasks because the GPU cores in the APU need system memory to get a boost in performance. Its a nice upgrade or a very good plan if you are taking options for a new build. For me, is a great experience.
Review: The stock cooling fan is very quiet and keeps the chip very cool to the point that only a few times has ... - This processor was bought with the intent of it being replaced with an upgrade fairly soon. I paired it with an MSI A88xm motherboard and 8GB Adata 1866mhz ram. It runs so well that anupgrade will probably wait. The stock cooling fan is very quiet and keeps the chip very cool to the point that only a few times has a case fan been called upon for additional cooling by the motherboard. When I have monitored the APU it has usually been in the low 50s celsius (way below any danger zone). It plays all the games my son and I are interested in at very playable frame rates which I owe to using the max speed ram the apu recommends. It plays Minecraft , Skyrim , Just Cause2, Portal2, Arma2 and many others very well. Is it a gaming screamer? No, but like I say it plays all these games at decent resolutions very well. It is only a dual core, but most games in particular at the moment use only 1 or 2 cores anyway, If you always have large numbers of windows open with active content on all of them then a 4 or more core processor would probably run more smoothly, but we don't run anything in the background that might detract from performance. This was why I used this as an entry level APU as the 2 processing core it contains are more than adequate to replace an aging system and perform what we currently ask of it. I have not attempted overclocking it as of yet, but might at some point. It hasn't been necessary to play with that at the moment. My only bit of advice is upon system set-up make sure to go to AMD and update the drivers (we went from potentially disappointed performance to overwhelmingly happy). All in all we are very please with this.

## Features

- AMD App Acceleration - boosts the speed of everyday PC applications
- Support for DirectX 11 - enables high-speed, high-fidelity gaming and computing
- AMD Quick Stream technology - enables virtually uninterrupted, fast, smooth streaming video over the Internet
- AMD Steady Video technology - helps stabilize shaky and jittery online and home video during playback for a smoother viewing experience
- Socket FM2+
- H.S.A. Architecture
- Radeon R5 Graphics
- 2MB Cache
- 6 Compute Cores
- Supports DDR3 1866 type RAM
- Unlocked

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00LUH17XG |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,236 in Computer CPU Processors |
| Brand | AMD |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (397) |
| Date First Available | July 16, 2014 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 4 x 4 x 1 inches |
| Item Weight | 4.6 ounces |
| Item model number | AD740KYBJABOX |
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Number of Processors | 2 |
| Processor | 3.5 GHz amd_a_series |
| Processor Brand | AMD |
| Product Dimensions | 4 x 4 x 1 inches |
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
| Wireless Type | 802.11b/n/ac |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** AMD
- **CPU Manufacturer:** AMD
- **CPU Model:** AMD A Series
- **CPU Socket:** Socket FM2+
- **CPU Speed:** 3.5 GHz

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is an unexpected powerful CP... I mean APU
*by L***9 on April 7, 2015*

I didn't expect this type of performance in an affordable CPU like this. This is my first APU ever. I repaired some laptops with the AMD C series processor, but that is far away from this. Even when I compare the graphics perfomance from my (unaffortunally gifted) Lenovo laptop with Intel HD Graphics 3000... WOOOOAAA!! This APU is a beast! Ok, this can't be compared with any Quad-Core processor from Intel or even AMD. Any Quad-Core with a great graphics card can destroy this little bunny. But what about the dual cores?... Well, personally I can't test it side-by-side with the Pentium G3258 yet (the "Anniversary" edition CPU from Intel) but for graphics the AMD can be more powerful (maybe not a lot). Both are overclockable so, you can add "more fun" to both, but I'm still thinking the APU can be better, just for graphics. Both can cost the same (Aprox. 60-70$) so both can be a bang for the buck for their respective platforms, but maybe in the Intel side you can get more benefits if you plan to get an i7 like the 4790K later on... Spending 300$ but building a powerful Z97 machine... Perfect! (That was my second option, but I just have 300$ to spend in the whole year... I can't upgrade for that i7 until the next year thanks to the Exchange control in my country Venezuela). But for a 300$ upgrade (or build, read my GA-F2A88X-UP4 review for details), this APU is just playing it so well. I didn't expect that kind of performance in games I never hope to run in this. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood in med-high at 1080p. GRID 2 and F1 2013 at 1080p in medium details. Low details at 720p in NFS Rivals (still playable, over 25FPS). Maxed out The Sims 4 at 1080p without antialising with variable 35 to 60fps. WOOOOOW!! I an happy (noob) gamer today. Thanks for this APU, AMD... But if I just could afford any quad core APU like the 7850K :'(. Let's talk about bad things from this little bunny. This APU is the worst (ok, the less featured) from the Kaveri architecture. It just have two cores running at 3.5GHz, with a little boost to 3.9GHz. That boost can do weird things in the temperature, I have this APU with the included cooler for about two months and today I had to change the thermal compound because my temps are taking above 70ºC; I do not recommend get this APU above 70º, this its thermal limit, and can short the lifespan. Hold on a second. Why are this APU taking the temps too far? Are you doing some overclocking? My answer YES... And no. Because if you motherboard have the "Turbo" feature for the APU clock already activated, you APU is doing some overclocking secretly... Until you check with some software like AIDA64 in the Overclock section: 13% of "secretly" overclocking. Not a huge deal if you don't play recent games like NFS Rivals. In my experience, the processor does it quite well running the gaming until my case sensors alert when the temps go to high (70-75ºC). Maybe I look like a maniac with the temps, but is a serious business: If you get some thermal throttling, you can notice it looking the performance; in my case, NFS goes with some lag when the temps gets above 70º at 720p resolution. That's not good and must to be solved. You can't do great thing with the supplied CPU cooler. Maybe some thermal compound change, helps. But the great secret if you want to continue with the stock cooler is deactivate the "Turbo" feature in the motherboard UEFI. The games right now runs solid, and not to far from 50ºC. Nice. If you want to get this issue completely rid off (Ok, my english isn't perfect, but you can get the point), buy an aftermarket CPU cooler like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo or whatever you like. Those coolers can provide you some improvements in the temps "problems", like 5 to 15ºC less, in some cases. Consider the airflow in your case and your, that helps too. Well, this is a good performer. Not a CPU destroyer, but this can run flawlessly in you FM2+ system (remember, this one can't run in a FM2 motherboard, just in FM2+ boards). I recommend get this thing feed with some fast RAM like 1866, 2133 or even 2400MHz DDR3 RAM; that can help you to get some improvements in graphical tasks because the GPU cores in the APU need system memory to get a boost in performance. Its a nice upgrade or a very good plan if you are taking options for a new build. For me, is a great experience.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The stock cooling fan is very quiet and keeps the chip very cool to the point that only a few times has ...
*by J***3 on November 18, 2014*

This processor was bought with the intent of it being replaced with an upgrade fairly soon. I paired it with an MSI A88xm motherboard and 8GB Adata 1866mhz ram. It runs so well that anupgrade will probably wait. The stock cooling fan is very quiet and keeps the chip very cool to the point that only a few times has a case fan been called upon for additional cooling by the motherboard. When I have monitored the APU it has usually been in the low 50s celsius (way below any danger zone). It plays all the games my son and I are interested in at very playable frame rates which I owe to using the max speed ram the apu recommends. It plays Minecraft , Skyrim , Just Cause2, Portal2, Arma2 and many others very well. Is it a gaming screamer? No, but like I say it plays all these games at decent resolutions very well. It is only a dual core, but most games in particular at the moment use only 1 or 2 cores anyway, If you always have large numbers of windows open with active content on all of them then a 4 or more core processor would probably run more smoothly, but we don't run anything in the background that might detract from performance. This was why I used this as an entry level APU as the 2 processing core it contains are more than adequate to replace an aging system and perform what we currently ask of it. I have not attempted overclocking it as of yet, but might at some point. It hasn't been necessary to play with that at the moment. My only bit of advice is upon system set-up make sure to go to AMD and update the drivers (we went from potentially disappointed performance to overwhelmingly happy). All in all we are very please with this.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Low dollar investment, good performance with caveat
*by B***R on January 23, 2020*

This CPU is part of a custom build for a Home Security/Automation PC. Good performance, good value. However, the CPU temperature sensor reading is inaccurate, reading extremely high at 70 ° C or higher at times. Included heat sink slightly warm with CPU reporting near safety shutdown temperatures operating at 3.5 GHz and 80% loading. Internet search reveals this is not an uncommon occurance. We'll see if any problems crop up...

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