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Difference between Athlon 3700+ and 4000+: Big or Small?

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I will soon have a new gaming rig with an Athlon 64 3700+ CPU. Now i spent a lot of time trying to decide between the 3700+ or the 130euro more 4000+ and eventually ended up ordering the 3700. I've been slightly regretful ever since and am starting to think that maybe i should have waited a bit longer and just ordered the 4000! The CPU hasnt arrived yet so i have had no experience with it and so would like some opinions on the differences between the two, and is there much of a difference in performance? Thanks for reading.

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You saved yourself money. The 3700+ is a little slower then the 4000+ but a little 10% overclock from 200MHz FSB to 218MHz FSB will bring you to 2400MHz exactly. Then the 3700+ will be just as good as the 4000+, dare say even better if you go to 220MHz (2420MHz). Don't feel regretful, the 3700+ is a great chip.

If anybody wishes to "correct" or say "you're wrong", go ahead, I only have used both chips in a variety of systems, but hey, what do I know.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

Reply to MadModMike

i have the 3700 and have it over clocked to 2607mhz
it runs at 2200 stock the 4000 runs at 2400 stock i cant see any diff
both are sandy cores 64+64l1cache and 1024l2 cache
if you had both next to each other you prob couldnt tell any diff

Reply to sirheck

sorry i mean i cant tell a diff with my 3700 at 2200 or 2600
my brother has a 3500 clawhammer with 512 l2 cache the rest of his sys is similar to mine and there is much diff in games or anything else

Reply to sirheck

Cheers guys, just what i wanted to hear!

Reply to rHy0

small you probably wont notice 1 second difference in load times and 2 fps in games

Reply to dvdpiddy

You saved yourself a good bit of money, just go ahead and OC that bad boy to own the 4000+ :twisted:

Reply to wowchamp

Okay, how about the difference between the 3500+ and the 4000+ ?

Don't the 3500+ and the 3800+ have 512K L2 cache and the 4000+ have 1M of L2 cache?

I am about to get a new rig and the 4000+ is the same price as a 3800+.

I saw this was looking at saving some money and getting a 3700+, but all they offer (where I'm buying) is a 3500+.

Thanks!!!

Reply to Kapeman

I just bought the 4000+. After an OC on that chip (230 FSB) the 3700 is eating weenies!!! While you can get the 3700 up to the 4000+ in performanceby OC'ing you cant get it to perform with a 4000+ that has been OC'd. Make sure you compare apples and apples.

Reply to HA_ZEE

go with either a 3700 or a 4000 (dont go for the 3500 or the 3200 they only have 512 cache)

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