Just wondering if I would gain anything from switching my 4400 which is overclocked (see pics) to a fx 55 chip which would also be overclocked. Im looking for best gaming performance
Ram is 2 gigs of OCZ platinum EB 3-3-2-7 pc4000 250mhz

im using the ASrock Dual 939 mobo which wont let me up vcore volts and ram i can only set on auto low or high.... Would I benefit from lets say a ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX S939 mobo

NOTE... ignore the memory size of 14960 mb not sure whats up with that.... it should be 2048 and usally shows 2048...

dont change the procesor yes you wil see an improvment becuase games only use single core but the new half life game will utilzes 2+ and this is set to carry on so best stick with what you have.
also with the mobo i wouldnt change as 939 is out and it would be a waste


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AMD 3700+ | A8N-SLI SE | Mid R600 | PC4000 Ballistix

I see, how does my cpuid look? anything I can change? I just wanted a fx 55 cause they are so cheap now. I guess I could just wait for the quad cores. No idea when they are due out. Im also not sure what games I will be playing that will use a dual core. Im still stuck on bf2 or bf2142.

the rest of my system is a 7800gtx a OCZ modstream power supply and 3 hard drives one being a raptor and the other 2 are just a 250 gig and a 160 gig

It would be foolish to exchange a dualcore for a singlecore. If you want more speed, overclock a bit further than a lousy 250Mhz

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AMD Athlon X2 4600+ @ 2.8Ghz
DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D
2x 1GB G.Skill PC4000
XFX GeForce 7900GT
Antec TrueBlue 480w PSU
Thermaltake Xaser III case

well with the nice stock cooler the x2's come with it loads up around 45C and idles around 36C or so. Dont know alot about OCing so I dont want to wreck anything. how high can I go and be stable... As far as heat whats a good aftermarket cooler for these chips? Is water cooling the way to go? I have lots of room in my case as its a coolermaster cm stacker... I have never had a problem with being stable except when I do the video card too much I lock up in games or crash to desktop. Is there any way I can get this ASrock board to have a few more bios options like voltage above 1.4 volts? dont know much if any about it but im quick to catch on. I know you can reflash vga bios can u do the same to the mobo's bios?

with stock cooler i would say you should be able to hit 2.6GHz without a problem i have a passive cooler anda 120 mm fan in the front os my case and i can get 2.6GHz on my 4400 with temps like 36idle and 44 load

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A64 X2 3800 @ 2000Mhz | 2.0GB Corsair PC3200 | 250GB Seagate barracuda 7200.10 HDD | 160GB Western Digital 7200 HDD | xFx 7900GS 256mb GDDR3 | FIC KTBC51G MOBO | 500W Hipro PSU | Dynex VIA sound card |