FX 4170

[Nightwolf82]

Was wondering if anyone has seen any reviews or has even gotten their hands
on the FX-4170 if so what are your opinions on it compared to the other FX's

[mixsetup]

there are some reviews on youtube

[Yawnie]

Fastest clocked retail CPU at 4.2Ghz out of the box

Heard its not the greatest clocker but I could be wrong, good for a cheapish gaming box u don't have to fiddle with

[Madengineer]

There are some pretty good reviews of it on OCN. From what i read, it'll get to the same clocks that a 4100 will get to.

[zero_velocity]

Just remember its basically a dual core with 'hyper threading' in intel terms... its not a true quad...

[mAJORD]

That's right, and they carry all the same performance/watt issues its full '8 core'
leaving it in the awkward position of being faster than a Phenom II quad single threaded, but slower Multithreaded.


I grabbed one to play with, and they are fun.. managed 5Ghz fairly stable 1.5v on a noctua 120 Cooler, and can bench a bit higer ( would continue to scale if I pushed it and had better cooling).


With PH II discontinued, It and the 4100 are the best/only options for cheap, multi unlocked OCing fun, its just a shame they offer nothing over the awesome value true quads of old.

[Caffeine Dealer]

I just got my hands on an FX-4170.
I was able to boot into Windows at 5.2Ghz last night at 1.5v but it crashed under stress testing conditions .
Temps were really good under a custon H20 loop though...but i think there is a problem with coretemp. I had to add 13c to the offsets. It read 46c in AI Suite though.

I have had to underclock it to 3.990Ghz for a little while though in order to comply with HWBOT rules for benching. I'll get back to max clocks again over the next few days

[Nightwolf82]

Originally Posted by mAJORD

That's right, and they carry all the same performance/watt issues its full '8 core'
leaving it in the awkward position of being faster than a Phenom II quad single threaded, but slower Multithreaded.


I grabbed one to play with, and they are fun.. managed 5Ghz fairly stable 1.5v on a noctua 120 Cooler, and can bench a bit higer ( would continue to scale if I pushed it and had better cooling).


With PH II discontinued, It and the 4100 are the best/only options for cheap, multi unlocked OCing fun, its just a shame they offer nothing over the awesome value true quads of old.

I found a PII x4 on ebay & have been tossing up whether to get it or not im running a 955 clocked up 3.6 and have had no problems what so ever & was wondering which path to take

[bobbth]

Originally Posted by Nightwolf82

I found a PII x4 on ebay & have been tossing up whether to get it or not im running a 955 clocked up 3.6 and have had no problems what so ever & was wondering which path to take

if you can get that 955 to 4ghz+ you wolud be hard pressed to see the difference compared to a 8150/2500k in most games.

[Nightwolf82]

Originally Posted by bobbth

if you can get that 955 to 4ghz+ you wolud be hard pressed to see the difference compared to a 8150/2500k in most games.

yeah thats what i was thinking as well

[bobbth]

Originally Posted by Nightwolf82

yeah thats what i was thinking as well

if you mainly game then you are going to see a bigger performance increase from a gpu upgrade anyway, I would either save for haswell/steamroller or drop your money on a gpu (depending on what you have ATM)