AMD Athlon 64 - 4000+ Processor

A single core powerhouse of the Gaming World

Strengths: Very very fast, simple installation, very robust design metal plate, good multitasker, good value for money

Weakness: None other than not being a dual core, included fan could be better quality

It was a close race between this processor and the dual core 64 bit AMD 4400. In the end, the high performance relative to price of the processor won me over. I think once quad core come out the price for the duals will drop, until then this processor is on the short list. I have built several machines over a period of time and this is my first 64 bit processor, I will have to save CPU is much...
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It was a close race between this processor and the dual core 64 bit AMD 4400. In the end, the high performance relative to price of the processor won me over. I think once quad core come out the price for the duals will drop, until then this processor is on the short list. I have built several machines over a period of time and this is my first 64 bit processor, I will have to save CPU is much more refined then previous processor. I especially like the heavy metal heat distributor on the back of the processor far thicker and heavier than previous AMD models. You might strain a back muscle loading into your machine. The only other recommendation I could make is to go with an after market cpu fan, I have never been a fan of the stock retail fans that come with the processor. Would recommend anybody looking for a serious CPU and wants a better value than Intel.

By xfm4xfm4 - Jan 11, 2006

Best price/performance chip on the market

Strengths: 2.4 ghz CPU rips thru games

Weakness: none

Unless you want to spend another 5 Franklins on an FX chip, the AMD 4000+ is your best choice for choosing a gaming CPU. The price drops make this chip ultra affordable, and the speed and performance are remarkable for the money. It's almost a shame that dual core CPU's are the wave of the future, but single core isn't dead yet and the 4000+ is AMD's fastest non-FX single core. I'll step up to...
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Unless you want to spend another 5 Franklins on an FX chip, the AMD 4000+ is your best choice for choosing a gaming CPU. The price drops make this chip ultra affordable, and the speed and performance are remarkable for the money.

It's almost a shame that dual core CPU's are the wave of the future, but single core isn't dead yet and the 4000+ is AMD's fastest non-FX single core. I'll step up to dual core when the prices start to come down a bit for the >2.4 ghz models, but for now this chip is an ideal choice to perform your gaming or business tasks.

By GRonhovde - Dec 13, 2005

This processor is the FX-53...

Strengths: Fast and reliable with 64-bit capability for upcoming 64-bit software. For 3D and gaming, Athlon 64 is currently faster than Pentium 4.

Weakness: Expensive. Unlike the FX-53, this does not have unlocked overclocking options.

This processor is the FX-53 without the unlocked overclocking options. But it is also cheaper than the FX-53, and I don't plan to overclock anyways--I want to keep my PC quiet.

By TsunamiZ - Feb 20, 2005

Processor

Strengths: High performance

Weakness: None

Although I was skeptical at first about using a 64 bit AMD processor, this chip exceeds my expectations. It runs very fast and the 2ghz FSB is fast enough to keep anything moving at optimal speed

By CanibusBW - Jul 12, 2005

dirt cheap and fast

Strengths: Cheap. As fast as a AMD FX 53 at stock speed. Good overclocker. 1MB L2 cashe. Runs cool.

Weakness: Not dual core?

I whas runing a socket 754 AMD Athlon64 3000+ Clawhammer on a Epox 8NPA + SLI motherbord. But started to feel this cpu whas both outdated and not as fast as I wanted when upgrading my videocard from a decent X1800GTO to a Geforce 7950GT.Even if I had the 3000+ oveclocked to 2.5Ghz I knew it would bottleneck my new video card pretty much. But beeing on a pretty tight budget I could'nt afford a...
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I whas runing a socket 754 AMD Athlon64 3000+ Clawhammer on a Epox 8NPA + SLI motherbord. But started to feel this cpu whas both outdated and not as fast as I wanted when upgrading my videocard from a decent X1800GTO to a Geforce 7950GT.Even if I had the 3000+ oveclocked to 2.5Ghz I knew it would bottleneck my new video card pretty much.

But beeing on a pretty tight budget I could'nt afford a Intel Core 2 Duo rig. As this would have meant, I would have to buy exspensive DDR II RAM too. And AMD AM2 would have presented me the same memory problem. And besides, AMD cpu's have always benefitted from low latency RAM. And AM2 is'nt AMD's most successful line of cpu's.

The only option whas to ty to find a decent socket 939 AMD motherboard and a fast s.939 cpu.Preferably a single core as they are cheaper. And I dont do much multitasking anyway. And there are few games, that support multitreading too. So I started to look for a motherboard first. This proved to be very hard to find any decent ones in my home country (Sweden). This, as people have noticed that the cheap (but good) socket 939 AMD motherboards and cpu's offer a cheap jump for agp motherboard owners over to PCI Express.


After some mayor hunting on the web. I found a DFI motherboard. and a Athlon64 4000+ San Diego core OEM, for a very good price.

At stock speed the 4000+ is already a fast cpu. Noticeable faster than my 500MHz overclocked 3000+ Athlon64.The bigger L2 cashe maybe?

But overclocking the 4000+ to 2,8GHz and you have quite a speed monster! I have taken it up to 3.0 GHz to without any problems at all. Running Prime 95 stability test for 9 hours. And 2 hours of "Memtest" ( RAM stability test software).

Got a max temperature with a Scythe Ninja Plus, cpu cooler and a 120mm fan slowed down to 650rpm ( about half the stock rpm of the fan)Getting 47C max during Prime95 test!

But I did settle for 2.8 GHz overclock in the end. It's enough to take full advantage of the videocard performance and any program I throw at it.

I guess, I may not have any bottleneck at all, with the 4000+ at stock either. But I wanted squeeze out some more of this great cpu lol. And I bet, that this cpu even can run 3.2GHz with good cooling, RAM and motherboard.

I did a SIS Sandra, multimedia benchmak test with the 4000+ at 2.8 GHz. And it whas slightly faster than the much more expensive AMD FX57 cpu!

So my advice if you are looking for a cheap but blazing fast single core cpu? Grab this cpu before they dissapear from the shop shelves!!! You wont regret it.

By anonymous; - May 13, 2007