AMD x2 3800+ or AMD 4000+ SanDiego?

sounds like a good set up although I would get 2gig of ram...check out THG's 2gig of ram not overkill!!
if dual core is your thing I would got for a opteron 165 or 170...roughly the same price as a X2 3800 or a X2 4400 but a much better proc 170 oc'ed is the same as x2 4800 if not better!

single core go with a opteron 148 or 150, easily OC and stable...the 150 OC runs cooler and faster than a fx-57..if done right

but being as it is dual core is the future, I've just made the switch ( optey 165) and let me tell ya, you don't know what your missing....way better than single core

these optey's R socket 939's....and will work in your 939 board.

good luck

no tweaking unless you want too, go with the optey....and not that hard to find...newegg, tigerdirect, mwave...etc
trust me you won't reget it
had a amd 64 3000 venice.....nice for price, now i got a optey 165....whole new world bro...and only 10 to 20 bones more than the X2 3800 but its got more cahse. better core's...etc....you do the homework! you wont find much better bro

but if you want to stick with the 2 you where looking at go with the X2 3800, don't waste the extra bones on the 4400...samething different ghz which is only .2 i beleave, 4k is a good proc but 3800 cheaper again more bones for .2ghz

Is it me, or is the whole X2 3800+ or 64 4000+ question asked once a week?

Overall, being looking at AMD systems as well, it seems the Opertons are better for the money.

165 = 2x1.8ghz

170= 2x2.0ghz = x2-4000 if made, but is faster than the x2-3800 with only half the cache

175= 2x2.2ghz = x2-4400

180= 2x2.4ghz = x2-4800

All Opteron dual-cores 1xx have 2x1meg cache, while x2's have either 2x512k cache or 2x1meg depending on model.

How much RAM would i need for Opterons? Would 1GB be enough or do workstation CPUs require 2GB?

Also how do opterons stack up in gaming performance against the equally clocked x2 processors? Anyone got any benchmarks?

whats the differemce between the different PC3200 types? Like whats the diff between Corsair TwinX 3200C2 and the Corsair Xpert 2-2-2-5 SPD 3200 DDR.

Thanks man! I was wondering what the hoopla was about those opterons!who says this place is'nt helpful sometimes?!
Its been awhile since I've been here! thought omid ran off everybody! 8O good to see this is not the case!