FX-60...Overkill?

[Dante_Caligari]

I voted waste of money. This is always true when you are talking about the top of the line newest product out.

Ryan

...but consider that the FX-57 cost 1010$ before and
people would pay that.
The FX-60 costs about the same now.

 

[gurusan]

...but consider that the FX-57 cost 1010$ before and
people would pay that.
The FX-60 costs about the same now.

People who don't want to/don't know how to OC their 250-300 dollar CPU to those speeds pay that kind of money.

There are those of us that would prefer to be more resourceful.

 

[PP Mguire]

Its a great processor. Multipliers unlocked out of the package=me like.

 

[003]

Not only is is overkill, but the Pentium Extreme Edition 955 beats it.

 

[gurusan]

no one's disputing that. Definitely an awesome CPU....but...worth the price? not to me

 

[PP Mguire]

Actualy it is to ppl that dont want to build an INtel system, want a good dual core and the fastest dual core w/out OCing. Again, the multiplier is unlocked which also means for OCers.

 

[theshonen8899]

To me the FX/XE lines are just a waste of money. Just about everyone with a Opteron 165 is getting to 2.6Ghz, equal to a FX-60, and what, they're like $300 something.

Even an X2 4800 is $400 less than the FX-60 and it would only have to be OC'd 200Mhz to match the performance.

...?

Is it like you can't overclock FX or something?

 

[TheMajor]

If you OC an FX-60 no "regular" CPU will keep up.

 

[PP Mguire]

Thats what im saying. And w/ an unlocked multiplier im pretty sure you can get better more stable OCs.

 

[Waphlez]

If you only play games at med settings and just use your computer for things like photo-shop why would you buy an FX which is a hardcore gamer specific proccessor? A 4800+ is only .2 GHz slower then the FX-60 and it's 400 dollars cheaper. If your not going to overclock then whats the use of getting an FX CPU if you are not a hardcore gamer? Save yourself the money and get a 4800+ and you will still be happy and 400 bucks richer .

And if you think your going to see a huge performance increase with a FX-60 over a 4800+ think again. You could get a 4600+ which is clocked at the same speed as the 4800+ but just with lower L2 cache which shouldn't affect much for what your using it for.