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David M · 10-30-2005, 12:45 AM

One of the above bits of information is not correct. You can upgrade from an FX-51 to an FX-53 since they are both 940 pin CPU's. In my opinion it would be a waste of money to upgrade to an FX-53 since the architecture is the same and the only difference is that the FX-53 is 200MHz faster than the FX-51 You can overclock your FX-51 for free (provided you have adequate cooling) to the speed of an FX-53 relatively easy. The FX-55 and above are all 939 pin. There is no such CPU as an FX-52.

10-30-2005, 12:45 AM	#6
David M Techphile. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 5,951	One of the above bits of information is not correct. You can upgrade from an FX-51 to an FX-53 since they are both 940 pin CPU's. In my opinion it would be a waste of money to upgrade to an FX-53 since the architecture is the same and the only difference is that the FX-53 is 200MHz faster than the FX-51 You can overclock your FX-51 for free (provided you have adequate cooling) to the speed of an FX-53 relatively easy. The FX-55 and above are all 939 pin. There is no such CPU as an FX-52. __________________ Asus P8P67 WS Revolution \| Intel 2600K @ 4.7 GHz \| Win 7 Pro 64 \|8 gigs Corsair 1600 \| Two Diamond 6990's in Crossfire\| Corsair AX1200 \| Thermalright Silver Arrow \| Western Digital Black 2TB 64 meg cache \| Lian-Li PC-A71B \| Logitec Z-5500 \| Three Asus 26" VW266H monitors running under Eyefinity \| Last edited by David M; 10-30-2005 at 12:54 AM.