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hi
i building a new budget rig but i'm can't choose which CPU. It's gonna be a AMD because it's just cheaper!
I can't choose between the the phenom II 720 or the recent released athlon II 630.
the 720 has 6 mb L3 cache and is better in OC, and i will!!
But when it's come to multi threaded apps I think the 630 will perform better

i'm going my use my pc mostly for surfing on the internet and some gaming. I also converts lots of vids to avo for my PMP
so that mainly where my ps is for

and the prices of the two and almost equal so that shouldn't be the problem
so if you can give your opinion about it, that would be great

thx

the mobo:
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
Video card:
ati hd4650

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The 720 BE destroys the athlon in everything, more l3 cache and the three active cores will give you all the multi tasking you need plus it has better over clocking potential and it is better for gaming it will do just fine for the video conerting because it still is a very solid mutli tasker and 6 mb l3 cache also help the athlon is a good budget solution but personally i would go for the 720 BE but thats me

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athlon 630 of corse,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd- [...] view-test/

thats a rev of the 620, clocked 200mhz less, and still pwnage

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athlon 630 of corse,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd- [...] view-test/

thats a rev of the 620, clocked 200mhz less, and still pwnage

WTF? That review doesn't even cover overclocking benchmarks. I use the Phenom II x3 720BE, one for my gf's computer for gaming, and one at my client's office for work (development/testing). Overclocked to 3.4GHz, I'd recommend it over the Athlon II x4 620.

AMD's releasing all these "new" CPU's because they had a TLB bug in the past that they couldn't fix in the B2 stepping. To make money, they're just disabling the L3 cache (which is how people had to get around the bug in the past, by disabling the L3 cache in the BIOS). Voila!

Personally I would get the 720BE due to it's overclocking potential and L3 .. The 630 is also a great choice as well, im just more inclined towards BE CPU's ....

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both are great cpus hands down - though i like the 630 and its power consumption.

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