will the 3700 sandiego core be good enoguh?

[ashiplikethat]

i am building a pc but im unsure how good my proccessor should be.
i going to get a asus a8n32-sli deluxe mb, 1gig corsair xms3200 ram and a single 7800gt gc? will the AMD Athlon64 3700 sandiego core be good enough?

 

[mdd1963]

Yes it would...

At the high res gaming that most do with 7800GT's and above, even a 3500+ is only about 1 frame/sec behind an FX57, where the video card is the limiting factor..

 

[sik1977]

I have a A64 3700+ SanDiego. I am happy with it and run it on stock frequencies. My 3dmark05 score with a 7800GTX (factory OC) is in my sig alongwith all the other specs.

 

[jonno]

The 3700 is less than 10fps slower than the top FX in most cases. Go to the CPU charts at Toms see for your self you will be amazed i was now i have got one. The fact is the 3700 is one of the best CPU's out there it will give you the biggest bang per buck that i know of so ALL THE WAY :lol:

 

[ak47is1337]

3700 sandy uses the same core as the FX single cores (although not the same memory controller). 2.9ghz is a very realistic scenario for overclocking.

 

[Vile]

The 3700+ is an excellent CPU, very nice core (same as the FX series) and I heard it can be OC pretty nice with stock HSF.