FX57 Worth ?

james.miller · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:10

what?

fine spend your £350 on a cpu you dont need. next time dont ask for the advice if you dont like it

I like my opty 148 sitting at 3ghz, and i like the £180 less that i spent on it

Bennah · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:12

I would have gone Dual Core tbh mate. a 170 Opty or 4400+ for that kinda money.

Buying the FX57 @ £350 may give you the chance to sell it on at a higher price. Might a good little investment but if it doesnt work out that way then you have made the wrong dicission im afraid.

MeatLoaf · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:18

To be honest i wouldve had the FX-57 as well, even if its just for bragging value. it wouldnt have cost that much even if i got £100 for my current chip. But to be honest my 3700+ is almost at FX-57 speeds so id have to spend a while justifying it to myself even if i could get the FX57 to 3GHz.

I still wish id got the X2 dual core 3800+, i may still do yet if i can sell my current chip for a decent price.

S-H-A-N-E · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:20

i can always upgrade at end of year for something else i guess

i guess the FX57 is not like that much

Bennah · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:23

The end of the year is along wait but I guess that an FX57 would do you for your needs anyways...

S-H-A-N-E · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:26

Bennah said:
The end of the year is along wait but I guess that an FX57 would do you for your needs anyways...

I only play a few FPS and photoshop CS , i will wait at the end of the year , i also thinking of upgrading to Nvidia 7900

james.miller · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:30

S-H-A-N-E said:
I only play a few FPS and photoshop CS , i will wait at the end of the year , i also thinking of upgrading to Nvidia 7900

why??other than willy waving, what exactly is the point of buy a top of the line cpu and graphics card if you arent going to use them?

S-H-A-N-E · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:31

because i fancy spending some money

james.miller · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:33

well, ok then. have fun wasting your money :confused:

S-H-A-N-E · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:34

god you do have it in for me

NightSt@lk3r · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:35

S-H-A-N-E said:
because i fancy spending some money

why not get an FX-60 then?

james.miller · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:36

S-H-A-N-E said:
god you do have it in for me

have it in for you? no i just dont like seeing people throwing money away. you may aswell put that money in a bag and burn it.

S-H-A-N-E · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:41

i will ring overclockers tomorrow about FX60 ,

MeatLoaf · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:59

S-H-A-N-E said:
i will ring overclockers tomorrow about FX60 ,

Dont suppose you could order one for me as well

MeatLoaf · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:59

james.miller said:
have it in for you? no i just dont like seeing people throwing money away. you may aswell put that money in a bag and burn it.

Or put it in a bag and send it to me

wyatt gates · 14 Mar 2006 at 23:04

james.miller said:
well, ok then. have fun wasting your money

give him break

it is his money,i can vouch the Fx57 is a very good cpu and you will not need to upgrade and if you are not into overclocking you have a no need to try it is very fast out of the box.not many games use dual core and if that was the case it will be still fast.

geeza · 14 Mar 2006 at 23:27

wyatt gates said:
give him break

it is his money,i can vouch the Fx57 is a very good cpu and you will not need to upgrade and if you are not into overclocking you have a no need to try it is very fast out of the box.not many games use dual core and if that was the case it will be still fast.

as fast as mine i paid £113 for

Stranjah · 15 Mar 2006 at 00:18

meat loaf is right, i've had my 3700+ at 2.6 and thats the same core speed as a fx-55 and considering the price difference you can buy a zalman cpu fan and some artic silver5 and still be quids in.

matt100 · 15 Mar 2006 at 00:35

I think this is farily academic seeing as the OP was posting in the 3DM 06 thread with scores using an FX57 pretty much the same time as the original question was being asked so I guess he made his mind up pretty sharpish.

smids · 15 Mar 2006 at 01:01

matt100 said:
I think this is farily academic seeing as the OP was posting in the 3DM 06 thread with scores using an FX57 pretty much the same time as the original question was being asked so I guess he made his mind up pretty sharpish.

Very true Matt, but in all honesty he made the wrong decision especially as he even stated he uses the computer for a few FPS's and PHOTOSHOP - probably the biggest reason to get a DC as it is multithreaded and will work twice as fast/ take half the time (you choose). Even at dual 2.0ghz with a 170 it would rinse the FX57 in photoshop. Oh well, he received advice and made his own decision, fair enough in my eyes.