The AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 was a desktop processor with 1 core, launched in March 2004. It is part of the Athlon 64 lineup, using the SledgeHammer architecture with Socket 940. Athlon 64 FX-53 has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 2.4 GHz. AMD is making the Athlon 64 FX-53 on a 130 nm production node using 105 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon 64 FX-53, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 89 W, the Athlon 64 FX-53 consumes a good deal of power, so decent cooling is needed. AMD's processor supports DDR1 memory with a dual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the system, Athlon 64 FX-53 uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. This processor does not have integrated graphics, you will need a separate graphics card.
Neither SSE3 nor SSE4 instruction sets are supported, which will lead to problems with games not starting.