AMD Processor Advice 955 vs 975

[ajt]

I am putting a new system together and I am trying to decide between these two processors:

Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

It looks to me like the only difference is the actual clockspeed. Is there any other difference? There is a $35 price difference.

 

[undercovernerd6]

besides the clock speed the actual difference is where the silicon came from in terms of cut, people say the higher clock speed chips come from the center sections, and lower towards the outside. The chip that has a higher clock speed may be more stable getting to 4gh but I haven't gotten there on my 965 currently 3.8gh

 

[farrengottu]

heres a benchmark comparing the two and several others. scroll down to the green bars.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2010/PCMark-Vantage-Overall-Result,2414.html
i personally would rather get the cheaper one.

 

[kilo_17]

955BE. You should easily be able to get it up to 975BE speeds if you wanted to.