Upgrading from an AMD FX53 please help

JonnyRock

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Hi I want to upgrade my current CPU (FX53 @ 2.4Ghz, 1meg cashe).
The thing is I don’t know what CPU to buy. I am looking at either the 4400+ or the 4800+.

My current system

Asus A8N SLI Premium
1gig Kingston hyperX memory 2x 512 (getting 2x 1gig same brand soon)
4x 74gig western digital Raptor HDD’s
1x 160 Sata Seagate HDD
2x 160 Seagate HDD’s on USB 2.0 in external SATA housing
Xfx 7800GT (getting the 2nd one in 2 days time)
Apoen 700watt 4x quad 12volt rails
Sony DVD writer

Would the 4400+ be faster than my current CPU?? I really do not want to spend a lot of cash on a CPU right now. 😀
 
I'm also going to have to give the 165 opty another vote, spend the extra money on water cooling or something extravagent and try to hit 2.8ghz 😀
 
unless your games are slowing down on you already from backround apps you arent going to notice a difference any way you go. FX53 is still only 2 speed grades down from top of the line.
 
Aren't they the same as a64 4000+, except they have the fx name. Unless they have more features but i doubt it. Yeah pretty much as a rule, the gpu will always bottleneck the cpu, unless you have a crap ass bottom of the line cpu.