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3500+ to a FX-55

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uberdude

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Upgrading from a 3500+(Newcastle) to a FX-55(San Diego) and have 2 questions

1) Should i be able to pop in the new cpu and boot right into windows, or would it be better to reinstall?

2) Also how big a increase (if any really) should i be expecting?

thanks for any input in advance
 
throw it in dont have to reinstall great chip ..so cheap now ..should be a good upgrade better overclocker then 3500 ..i have the fx57 dverclocks like crazy..have fun
 
It runs at 2.6ghz. Change the multiplier so it runs at 3ghz and you'll be paying your moneys worth many times over. This use to be a $1000 cpu not too long ago. Things will open so fast it won't be even funny. Plus it can go higher if you have a better heatsink for it, water you'll get something around 3.2ghz 3.4ghz or more. Unless the cpu is a unlucky dud OCer. The things will OC well on average depending on your mobo. 2.6ghz with 1mb of cache should be more then enough for most. You'll see a bigger difference from OCing then you would in anything else.

You'd get this kind of cpu for games and OCing to raise performance to nearly more then most need 3ghz is easy with that a FX-55 most mobos can change multipliers so that cpu has a unlocked multiplier. If you want dual cores for multi tasking you can get one for $150 and OC it. So dual core for multi tasking. Single core for speed performance and gaming for cheap.
 
You will be overclocking right? otherwise youd be buying a used FX55 or a 4000+.
Personally I almost wet myself when I saw monarch had 74 dollar opteron 144s!. If I were going singlecore, I dunno how they are clocking now days but it cant be that bad......... I can understand wanting to own an FX though. Be nice to have multis to play with for once.

Dont bet on flying past 3ghz though, thats no easy bit of luck.
 
Yeah, 3.0-3.1 seem to be the upper limit of these chips. If your 3500 is at stock speeds, you should see a 25% increase in certain applications.
 
i have a golden sample opty 146 that'll do 3ghz w/ stock volts and 3.2+ with a little coaxing..

what's the difference between:

opty @ 3.0ghz v.s FX @ 3.0ghz ??????

any performance difference at all?

got my opty for 90 shipped.
 
Why would you jump from a single core to another single core. Get the DC 165 Opty from monarch for 149$ and O/C it to 2.6 easy
 
Tanatz said:
Would an Opty be useless if / when we decide to go AM2?
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well the difference between socket 939 cpu and socket 940 (AM 2) is actually not that sicnificant.actually in some apps socket 939 kicks am2's ass. but i have to say that am2 is the more future proof choice if you choose to go that road, atleast you whould not have to upgrade any time soon.
its really all up to you.
 
Well the real reason for the upgrade is, i am currently running the 3500+ on a MSI Neo4 Plat. Which was an upgrade from a Neo2 Plat (went pci -e on vidcard). So pretty much just trying to part together anotehr 939 system and the fx55 was a good purchase at newegg with a free 250gig hd bundled.....not really looking to overclock........
 
malicious said:
is a 165 at 2.6 that much faster than a 146 at 3.2?
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In most single threaded things you wouldnt notice a difference, in old single threaded games the 148 would be faster, in everything else the 165. Thats also assuming it only gets 2.6. its liable to get 2.7+
 
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