X4 975 Cpu has L1 Cache, 970 does not. Does this make the 970 better?

[aarock]

X4 975 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103923
970: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894

I need to buy a CPU quick right now, since 975 is missing L1 Cache does that make it better? or worse? Thanks.

OH and the title is horribly wrong.. I meant "X4 970 has L1 Cache, but the 975 does not. Does this make the 970 Better?"

 

[Outlander_04]

Check the AMD website .

They are identical bits of silicon and have identical cache sizes .

 

[aarock]

So should I buy the 975 or not? I need to buy this ASAP man, I'm in a rush. I would buy the 970 but it's out of stock at the moment, so I MIGHT buy something else.

 

[Outlander_04]

what motherboard do you have , what are you using it for?

and do you feel confident overclocking ? If you are then the 970 can be reset to higher speeds easily

 

[samuelspark]

I'd get the Phenom 955 and just overclock to 980 speeds on the stock cooler since all the phenom stock coolers are the same.

 

[aarock]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280 Motherboard

I went ahead and bought the 975 since the 955 AND the 970 are out of stock.

Maybe I can overclock the 975 to.. a 990? Won't matter anyways to me, I'm a light gamer but my computer is too slow right now because of the CPU (AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+)