Worth The trouble? AMD FX-57, A8N32-SLI - Overclock.net

Y3K · 03-25-09

So, I have a trade offerd to me, my xbox elite for this setup: (Its an Ad.)

• AMD Athlon64 FX-57 CPU
• ASUS A8N32-SLI Motherboard
• DUAL nVidia XFX 7600GT 256 MB PCI Express VIDEO CARDS IN SLI MODE (Twice the gaming performance)
• Motherboard has onboard Firewire, eSATA, 5.1 Surround Sound, Optical Audio Out and SPDIF Digital Audio out
• 2 GB of RAM (2 x 1024 MB PC3200 in Dual-Channel mode)
• 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
• 320 GB Western Digital SATA Hard Drive
• Pioneer DVD-RW DL Burner
• 120mm Cooling Fan on Power Supply
• 1.44 MB Floppy Drive
• ATX Case with front USB 2.0 and Audio
• LEGITIMATE MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME COA (freshly loaded with all drivers and updates including SP3)
• Also installed is the regular useful assortment of software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, Cyberlink DVD, Nero Essentials, OpenOffice ect.
• A power cord will be included as well if required
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So, pretty good for a trade, but id like to swap my hardware, And my question: is it worth swapping out my two 8800's, my Raid setup, and the PS...? For now, currently my good Mobo has a bricked BIOS from a fail update i did some time ago.

Y3K · 03-25-09

bump? Also, would 2 8800's bottleneck is a system setup like this?

**bigvaL** · 03-25-09

Not worth it at all. That chip is way slow nowadays.

IntelConvert · 03-25-09

it depends on how much u play you Xbox

and yes, the 8800s will be bottlenecked by that CPU.

imho, if u get that rig, sell it or upgrade what u can.

or keep ur xbox if u play it a lot

**txtmstrjoe** · 03-25-09

In my opinion, only the motherboard (assuming it's completely healthy; hard to say, given its age) and the OS are worth anything. If you want to use 8800GTs on this board, the FX-57 is a bad match, as this is a single-core CPU. A dual-core would be okay, and "bottlenecks" only would matter in benchmark runs in this scenario.

Hope this helps.

ZealotKi11er · 03-25-09

That would have been a solid build 4 years ago but now AMD 64 cant keep up with current games.

**Robilar** · 03-25-09

The FX-57 is the fastest single core processor ever made. I sold mine for $60 last year...

Surprisingly, most games run quite well on it (as very very few games have multicore support).

IntelConvert · 03-25-09

some games have more multicore support than u think. it seems that WoW supports dual cores. both my cores load evenly when im playing wow, but when i play americas army, i see a much higher load on one core than the other.

single core is just really outdated now. its not old enough for a museum, and too old to use. ur stuck in the middle lol

tehmaggot · 03-25-09

If you're like me and have an Xbox 360 that gets used maybe once every two or three months, then I'd do the trade. If you use it more often than that, I would just keep with what you have.

The only reason I would trade for that system anyway is for nostalgic feelings of the old FX series, and possibly a file/game server.

Y3K · 03-25-09

Hum, wow, now im not sure what to do. I mean, ive always wanted a 939 system, i like to tweek around with the old hardware... Adds challenges, and makes you think "Hey, I just got GTA4 Running on an AMD 2200". Other see it as a waste of time bothering with old hardware. And it is a hard one to pick, really all i ever use my 360 for is GTA4, H3 and to stream media to my big screen.

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