Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
That's a huge difference alright, if you are rendering a movie, compiling, crunching numbers or doing something where it would actually make a perceptible difference. But playing a game? 150 fps or 210fps your eye still tops out at 45fps.
That phenom is 80 more watts of power, or more if it...
4850e @ 2750 mhz, stock voltage & cooling in a foxconn a74mx-k with ati 4350 @ 550 mhz and 2gb sys mem @ 395 mhz (790 ddr) - rock solid stable and runs cool & quiet. Performance testing shows that the GPU is the gaiming bottle neck.
Total cost of system about $160, i.e. $20 less than the cost...