stick with Venice 3000+?

[Predator_CITF]

I bought my Venice 3000+ @ 145$ last November Thanksgiving. I STILL haven't assembled my new PC and now, an FX55 costs as much as a 3000+. Should I sell the 3000+ for like 60$ (never been used before) and then buy the FX55 (altho id be doing it at a loss) or should i just stick with the Venice?

 

[tacosareveryyummy]

Stick with the venice unless you are going to dual core. It wouldnt really make much sense to upgrade to another single core cpu at the moment. There are games and a new os coming out next year that will take advantage of dual core.

 

[Zero82z]

The FX-55 really isn't that great of a chip, especially since most Venice 3000+ chips can hit 2.4GHz. If anything, switch to a dual-core.

 

[bradyapba]

I did just what your thinking of doing. The FX-55 is a great chip. It blows away my venice core, which I have OC'ed to 2.5. With the more L2 cache, and the unlocked Multiplier, it makes for a great chip. No need to add voltage, or increase the FSB, just up the multiplier from 13 to 15, and your running at 3.0 very easy...3.2 is also easily attainable.

So your running at probably 600-800 faster than the the 1.8 oc'ed to 2.4, and you have twice as much L2 cache. Its increased my FPS in most games around 10-20 FPS depending on the game. The FX-55 is a great chip, Esp for $199 at newegg, plus the free 250 gig Sata hard drive, you really cant beat it...

You will get a nice hard drive and a faster processor all for $139.. i dont think you can beat it, I know im really glad I did it.

Also, another point would be I dont know what you have for a video card, or planning to do in the neat future, but i also got a new video card around the same time, and the 3000 was slightly bottling necking my 8800 GTS. The FX -55 doesn't.

Hope this helped.