X2 4400 or X2 4800

[buffdaddy110]

I'm getting ready to build a new computer and was wondering if it's worth it to spend the extra money on the 4800 over the 4400. Money isn't really the issue, although I won't spend $1000 on the FX-60, I just wan't to spend wisely. I may overclock some, but not much, so I basically need straight out of the box power. I do game often, but mostly recode and burn movies. I defianately want to go dual core to be future proof, and have had my mind set on the 4800, but thought I might give the 4400 some consideration since it's about $200 less. I already have an athlon 64 3400 which is 2.4 , so I want to make sure I don't lose much by going to the 2.2 X2 4400. I'm also using a 300 Gb Maxtor diamond max 10 SATA hard drive, adding 2GB OCZ ram, and a Radeon X1900XT.

 

[mpjesse]

IMO, it's not worth the extra $$$.

If you really want a 4800 on the cheap, you can always overclock a 4400 a bit.

-mpjesse

 

[endyen]

$1/mhz? There was a time, but not lately.. Get the 4400.

 

[RichPLS]

Then make it the Opteron 175, a premium version with better heat pipe cooler of the X2-4400 and usually within $20, plus you can get the opty in oem if you want to use a different cooling option.

 

[tvfreak]

since money isn't too much of a problem go with a OPTY 180 :twisted:

 

[buffdaddy110]

Do you think I'd be better off getting Opteron 175 with better overclock ability, and if so will it be compatible with the Nforce 4 Ultra chipset.

 

[mdd1963]

"I already have an athlon 64 3400 which is 2.4 , "

The socket 754 versions were clocked a little higher than socket 939 variants (but lacked dual channel mem access), but the only 2.4G versions of normal A64 on 939 were 3800+ and the 4000+....

Or did you mean you had it OC'd to 2.4?

(I'd save the $200 premium, and get the 4400+ instead, and regain teh lost 200 MHz with OC, if even necessary...)

 

[tvfreak]

Go with OPTY 180. From what I hear they are better OCer's than x2's. I assume that an OPTY 180 will OC better than a x2 4800 even though it's clocked a little higher. But again I ain't no geek so I wouldn't know. But from what I read and stuff like that, that's what i'm going by. :twisted:

 

[buffdaddy110]

Would I be better off getting the Opteron 175 or the X2 4400 both clocked at 2.2. Basically which is the better processor, overclocking aside, because I already know the main benefit of the Opteron's are ther overclockability.

 

[buffdaddy110]

I made the plunge and went with the X2 4800. I hope all goes well with the install, and will report back with my likes or dislikes. I also bought an MSI K8N-NEO 4 Platinum, 2GB OCZ PC3200, and the new Thermaltake Purepower 600W 80% efficiency.

 

[suzukii]

I made the plunge and went with the X2 4800. I hope all goes well with the install, and will report back with my likes or dislikes. I also bought an MSI K8N-NEO 4 Platinum, 2GB OCZ PC3200, and the new Thermaltake Purepower 600W 80% efficiency.

Let me know if you can overclock this bad boy. I'm going by ways of the X2 4800+ also, as soon as I can decide on a motherboard. My problem is that I'll be spending most of my dough on this CPU & new Mobo which leaves me with low cash for a PCI-E ATI All-In-Wonder (AIW) 1900 board for the short term. I just spent most of my savings for my mom's cemetery headstone. So I'm trying to find a mobo with good reviews so I can utilize my existing AGP board. So for now (whenever I can get some cash together again) I think I'll have to go with the ASRock mobo which has both native AGP 8x & PCI-E married & built-in on the same Mobo (which seems to be the only one to have this).
This'll be my 1st AMD anything in over 8yrs & a non-Intel Mobo under my roof.