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What's the difference between these 2 AMD X2 6000's on Newegg??

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Paul22000   11-01-2008 at 05:02:08 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103272

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103233

What's the difference? And which one's better?

I see that the first one is 3.1 ghz and the other is 3.0 ghz. But the 3.1 is cheaper?? What's going on here?


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timaahhh   11-01-2008 at 05:08:16 PM
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One has 1MB L2 cache one has 2x1MB L2 cache. In other words the 3.0 Ghz one has twice the L2 cache. Prolly will be faster then the 3.1 Mhz chip

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br3nd064   11-01-2008 at 06:07:54 PM
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The 3.1ghz one is 65nm, while the other is 90nm. It will be slightly better at overclocking because it will run cooler.

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Paul22000   11-01-2008 at 06:36:09 PM
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timaahhh wrote :

One has 1MB L2 cache one has 2x1MB L2 cache. In other words the 3.0 Ghz one has twice the L2 cache. Prolly will be faster then the 3.1 Mhz chip



Ahh, good I asked. About how much faster will the 3.0 ghz one be?

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ainarssems   11-01-2008 at 07:18:36 PM
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in some apps one will be faster and vice versa. For video, photosop get the one with more cache, for games the one with faster clock

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Paul22000   11-01-2008 at 07:26:38 PM
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ainarssems wrote :

in some apps one will be faster and vice versa. For video, photosop get the one with more cache, for games the one with faster clock



Thanks, that helps. Yeah mostly for web browsing / gaming.

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bosshoss   11-01-2008 at 07:27:37 PM
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^^ No way. Purchase the one with 1mbx2 L2 and OC it to 3.2ghz. Built a decent gaming rig for a buddy of mine with that exact CPU and it's actually pretty fast. Was very surprised. (3.2ghz was about the limit without gettin' too crazy with voltage adjustments and whatnot.)

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Paul22000   11-01-2008 at 07:39:08 PM
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bosshoss wrote :

^^ No way. Purchase the one with 1mbx2 L2 and OC it to 3.2ghz. Built a decent gaming rig for a buddy of mine with that exact CPU and it's actually pretty fast. Was very surprised. (3.2ghz was about the limit without gettin' too crazy with voltage adjustments and whatnot.)



But like br3nd064 said, wouldn't the 3.1 ghz be better for overclocking?

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JohnnyLucky   11-01-2008 at 08:05:24 PM
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It may depend on your intended use and the rest of your components. Although there is a difference between 3.0ghz and 3.1ghz my eyeballs cannot see the difference.

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Boogdieb   11-01-2008 at 11:43:58 PM
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I have a dell dimension e521 w/am2 socket and also have a 700w power supply would either of these chips be good to use to replace my AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0?

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Boogdieb   11-01-2008 at 11:44:29 PM
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P.S im also on a Nforce 430 chipset.

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hatrik_uk   04-05-2009 at 03:43:35 PM
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bosshoss wrote :

^^ No way. Purchase the one with 1mbx2 L2 and OC it to 3.2ghz. Built a decent gaming rig for a buddy of mine with that exact CPU and it's actually pretty fast. Was very surprised. (3.2ghz was about the limit without gettin' too crazy with voltage adjustments and whatnot.)




Hi, i just brought the 6000 3.0ghz 2mb cache version, what motherboard did you get for overclocking?

Thx :)

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