well the cpu i want is for gaming, i have a x850xt but a athlon 64 3000+ to go with it. i need a new cpu badly but i have a £1250 overdraft to pay off and a £4000 student loan to follow that in the decades to come. so my budget is a little tight but still flexible. this is why i was looking at the 4000+ compared to the fx55, ive looked at dual cores compared to a fx55 and decided the fx55 was much btter for gamin at the moment (even though i heard they are bringing out a farcry version made for dual core gaming)
i could extend my budget to a fx55 but i really dont want to, this is why i posted this forum asking about whether the performance difference between the two was as big as the price difference. bare in mind that im not going to OC as i have little experince wiht it and i cant afford to replace anything if it does badly wrong
thanks for all yours replies as well