Athlon Processors

What is the difference between the athlon 64 fx-51 and the regular athlon 64 processor? My friends are saying that it is a marketing hype. Is that true? If not, which one is better and why.

FX-51 is 2.2 GHz, the original Athlon 64 is 2.0.

Both CPU's have a built in memory controller (which was previous on the motherboard) but the FX-51 is dual channel while the regular can only support single channel DDR. Downside to the FX-51 is that the dual channel memory must be ECC, which is 10-15% more expensive than normal ram. That type of ram is basically for servers and paranoiacs. It's memory error checking it not that useful for desktop use.

So if i was to get the regular athlon 64, is i that much worse then the fx-51?

I would wait until the next series of Athlon 64's is released that is dual channel and doesn't need ECC ram. (another half year or less?)

why u wana go with AMD any ways ? isnt longhorn coming soon?

AMD is better than gay ass intel, and It's cheaper.

Did you have to put your fucking fat face into every goddamn thread in the forum?

Me? Your in here talking shit about vid cards when you don't even know what ddr means, or ecc, or even pci. You don't know the differnce between the slots, jumpers, voltage, nothing, Please, Be quiet.

The fuck are you talking about? This is a thread about CPUs. I know perfectly well what DDR, ECC, PCI, AGP, etc, are, because my dad works as PC tech repair. If you stop talking out of your ass and begin to make sense, I'll give you permission to post in my presence again.

Why are you flaming? So what if you work at your dads PC tech repair, you probably sweep the floors. If I asked you how many pins a cpu had, you wouldn't know, if I asked you what slot that it'd go in, you wouldn't know.

MY Guess is that you are a 'handy 'boy'' who helps out around your dads work. And the question was already answered to sov, so quit trying to be a bad'ass' because, well, Nobody cares.

That might be a mildly interesting flame if any of it was true. You act like you know more than I do? Who's trying to be the badass here? You. And you are absolutely right. Nobody cares about you.

*Splitted*

*Moved to flame forum*

What exactly was split?

Nothing.

Screw waiting... if you have to wait more than a month, its not worth it, by the time the new shit comes out, you'll want to wait some more for the newer shit coming out.