got fx-55, upgrade? to 4400x2 worthwhile?

[goreblast]

Hi

As the title says the wifes PC has a FX-55 Clawhammer in it on an Abit AV8-3rd EYE mobo. Has 2gb RAM. With the drop in prices of the s939 dualcore athlon 64's I thought it might be a good idea to upgrade. The FX-55 is running at stock for stability, hench why I was thinking of the 4400+ which runs at 2.4 and has the 1MB cache per core.

She is always complaining it is too slow and is very impatient, hence the thought of upgrading?

What you think?

K

 

[Ender]

wouldnt upgrade to a x2 4400 as they are getting phased out with the new lineup i think, how about getting a x2 3800 and then just ocing it to the same speeds?

 

[nbkpsycho]

3800+ only has 512kb cache

 

[goreblast]

The motherboard doesnt oc well, therefore better to have a higher stock speed. I know AM2 have superceeded s939, but that doesnt mean its no a useless platform.

Would I see a noticable benefit going dualcore at 2.4 from single core at 2.6 ?

 

[hp7909]

{snip}She is always complaining it is too slow and is very impatient, hence the thought of upgrading?{snip}

lol... slow in doing what if you don't mind me asking? Because thats a very fast chip

Anyway, to compare the two see here

 

[quadboi]

Well if she is doing office tasks which i presume, wouldnt it be better to get an intel?

 

[Reality|Bites]

The 4400+ only runs at 2.2Ghz, you would need to get the 4800+ for 2.4Ghz

 

[Gashman]

i know FX-55 should demolish any other athlon 64, why on earth you not overclocking it may i ask, should have a little more to give with good cooling

 

[the.m]

Would I see a noticable benefit going dualcore at 2.4 from single core at 2.6 ?

Not in normall day to day use, no.

 

[w3bbo]

I would have thought you would definately see a diffrence in 'day to day' tasks as the Dual core can ran more than one task at a time without the inherent slow down of single core. I know I saw a difference although I would have preffered a difference in gaming rather than desktop applications.

 

[sgoaty]

I would have thought you would definately see a diffrence in 'day to day' tasks as the Dual core can ran more than one task at a time without the inherent slow down of single core. I know I saw a difference although I would have preffered a difference in gaming rather than desktop applications.

Another vote for yes here mate. Even if the X2 doesnt clock the dual core makes everything feel zippier