Athlon vs Phenom

[kingd3112]

Hi all,
I was just wondering if the Phenom II X4 is way better than the Athlon II X4. I know the Phenom offers the L3 cache of 6M, but does that improve performance enough to spend the extra $40 on it?

Here are the two I compared:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103809
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103704

Just trying to maintain a budget and was wondering if the L3 cache is worth the money. Thanks.

 

[hunter315]

Its not way better, the Phenom performs slightly better clock for clock versus the Athlon so the slightly fast speed of the phenom you are looking at will give it a slight boost to go along with its L3 cache.

If the $40 is the difference between you going over budget or getting a better graphics card, then go for the athlon,

 

[loneninja]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-l3-cache,2416.html

Good review showing performance difference between Athlon and Phenom clocked the same, shows you just how much difference L3 cache can make.

 

[bigpotatoes2005]

How well can the AMD FX-6300 game?(No hate, all i hear is how bad this thing is, i just got it and it works fine. Just want to see others experiences.)