if priced right the FX-4170 can be interesting against the i3 2100, looks to be a bit faster on cinebench, about the same on 3dmv, but while the i3 2100 is locked the FX-4170 can probably be overclocked... but still... IPC seems very low, single threaded performance to... I don"t know, but considering how a PII X4 955 perform and that it costs only 120 usd... this looks very uninteresting for the most part....