cpu upgrade

[S-H-A-N-E]

I am thinking of upgrade my FX57 to AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5000+ Socket AM2 , is this a good move ?

 

[Explicit]

I am thinking of upgrade my FX57 to AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5000+ Socket AM2 , is this a good move ?

In my opinion, no because it's too pricey. You will need to buy a new mobo, RAM and CPU just for a minor performance gain...not wise.

Also, the X2 5000 doesn't even have 1MB L2 Cache, forget that CPU. It has a £500 price tag for a speed bump which you can do yourself.

Our recommendation here would be to only opt for the 5000+ if you aren't a gamer, as it seems that 3D games are far more likely to appreciate a larger L2 cache than a higher clock speed with these chips

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[S-H-A-N-E]

So at the mo i have overclocked my FX57 now running at 3GHz , is it work keeping and just upgrading to 7900 GTX ? or Leadtek GeForce 7950 GX2

 

[Broon]

The FX-57 is only single core ye? have you considered an socket 939 X2?

 

[S-H-A-N-E]

no not realy , saying that i don`t think the Nvidia 7950 will fit my motherboard

 

[lay-z-boy]

no not realy , saying that i don`t think the Nvidia 7950 will fit my motherboard

erm, if i were you, i would get 2 7900gtx, the quad sli cards are crap at the moment, and are beaten by x1900xt crossfire and 7900gtx sli and the drivers suck reeeeeal bad.


Tbh, fx60 + 2*7900gtx.

 

[S-H-A-N-E]

God i hate PC you have a high spec machine for around 3-4 months and it all changes , all these new cards and CPU is it worth it , the games don`t change that much , i am better of getting a PS3 , after about 3-4 months you pc is out of date , unless to have money growing in your back garden you can never keep up

 

[Stelly]

just wanting to know if you have money to burn? I mean... well... lend me a fiver

Stelly

 

[S-H-A-N-E]

God i hate PC you have a high spec machine for around 3-4 months and it all changes , all these new cards and CPU is it worth it , the games don`t change that much , i am better of getting a PS3 , after about 3-4 months you pc is out of date , unless to have money growing in your back garden you can never keep up

Plus pc gaming is not that great anyway

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

Why so down? Your PC is great. 3Ghz single core AMD64 is pretty formidable in games. 7800GTX isn't bad either.

What monitor are you running? If you're still stuck to 1280x1024, get a better monitor and enjoy some 1600 x 1200 (or whatever) goodness