Garrrr need some help
IM building a new pc and cant decide bettwen cpu's
Should i get a AMD Athlon 64 4000+ w/ 1MB Cache or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ w/ 2x512K Cache ???
They are essentially the same price.
I know the 4000+ beats out the x2 3800+ in gaming benchmarks, but the x2 3800+ provides a more stable lag free computing experiance (windows vista is coming)
The x2 3800+ overclocks well, and when u take that into account ill get allmost the same gaming experiance as the 4000+.
This is the cpu cooler I have, Zalman CNPS9500 LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler. Not the best heatsink, but very cool looking with decent performace for sure.
So guys, the 4000+ or the x2 3800+ and try and oc it to a stable 2.4??
rest of the system specs will be, have half the parts, get the rest next days off which is in two weeks.
case: Lian li PC-V1000B with windowed side panel
mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI (i wanted the ASUS A8N-SLI PREMIUM but I didnt think the heat pipe would like the upside down configuration of the lian li case)
Heatsink: Zalman CNPS9500
power supply:Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt ATX Dual 80mm Fan SATA-Ready SLI Ready Titanium Power Supply
ram: OCZ 2GB PC3200 Platinum Edition Dual Channel DDR Kit (2 x 1024MB)
vid card: BFG Geforce 7800 GT OC 256MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, VIVO (one to start with, but ill be adding a second one within 6 months)
Should i get a AMD Athlon 64 4000+ w/ 1MB Cache or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ w/ 2x512K Cache ???
They are essentially the same price.
I know the 4000+ beats out the x2 3800+ in gaming benchmarks, but the x2 3800+ provides a more stable lag free computing experiance (windows vista is coming)
The x2 3800+ overclocks well, and when u take that into account ill get allmost the same gaming experiance as the 4000+.
This is the cpu cooler I have, Zalman CNPS9500 LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler. Not the best heatsink, but very cool looking with decent performace for sure.
So guys, the 4000+ or the x2 3800+ and try and oc it to a stable 2.4??
rest of the system specs will be, have half the parts, get the rest next days off which is in two weeks.
case: Lian li PC-V1000B with windowed side panel
mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI (i wanted the ASUS A8N-SLI PREMIUM but I didnt think the heat pipe would like the upside down configuration of the lian li case)
Heatsink: Zalman CNPS9500
power supply:Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt ATX Dual 80mm Fan SATA-Ready SLI Ready Titanium Power Supply
ram: OCZ 2GB PC3200 Platinum Edition Dual Channel DDR Kit (2 x 1024MB)
vid card: BFG Geforce 7800 GT OC 256MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, VIVO (one to start with, but ill be adding a second one within 6 months)
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For most games, the dual core will not benefit a lot, but it is inevitably going that way. I can guarantee you that popular new games will be threaded for these kinds of chips. I'd recommend the dual core if you plan on keeping this configuration for a while.
Also, I'm not sure if you guys can get the 939 opterons in Korea, but the dual core 165/170 opterons are competitively priced and include 1MBx2 L2 cache on all models. I think you are pretty much guaranteed a 2.4GHz OC on all AMD dual core chips, so that might be a good way to go.