AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Phenom II X2 555

[takuma2004]

Hi, I'm looking to build a new budget PC and I just need some help to decide which one of the two processors is better.

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Socket AM3 3GHz 2MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
£73.72

AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
£70.53

Both come at pretty much the same price.

Athlon II X4 has 2 additional cores while Phenom II X2 555 has L3 Cache (6MB).

Any suggestions?

 

[simon12]

The x3 is best value the x4 is better but the x2 is better is the program can not make use of more than 2 cores

 

[rolli59]

I'd settle in the middle for this

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/249981

+1
Best value!