The problem with FX cpus is that there are almost no apps that use more than 4 cores, maybe amd had in mind that theese days cpu cores hungry apps will merge, but it was not the case, personally, i find very clever the use of modules instead of true cores, they reduce the price at the cost of performance, but hey, 8 cores at $160? thats a great deal considering also the factor that they dont actually have the same performance of real 8 cores. In my opinion, amd should have waited for this, and focus on real 4 core cpus, they were doing very well until the phenom ii x4.