Differences between similar AMD 64 chips

Hi all,

Just thinking about getiing myself a new PC.
I am considering building the system around a Gigabyte GA K8N Ultra 9 Socket-939 nForce4 Ultra PCI-E mother board.

My next choice is the processor.

There are 2 that fit my budget:

1) AMD 64 3800+ 512KB, ADA3800BPBOX
2) AMD 64 3700+ 1MB , ADA3700BNBOX

Now, which is the most beneficial, having an extra 100Mhz or half meg L2 extra?

I have not been keeping up to speed with this stuff - could someone explain/point me to where the difference would be in practical terms?

Thanks.

The extra 100MHz is the PR rating, not actual MHz.. You should list the real MHZ for those CPU, which should be around 2.2GHz.. Make sure that they are both the same socket.. the 3700+ with 1 meg might be socket 754... while the 3800+ might be socket 939 ..

do your homework and come back.

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Both are socket 939, and as such are compatable with the mother board I posted.

The 3800 runs at 2.4 Ghz
The 3700 @ 2.2 Ghz

Not really looked at OC anything before. Not really that interested either at the moment, but that is not to say I won't in the future.


Will probably go for the cheaper, the 3800 and look at OCing. In a year or so, I may go for a dual core when the prices are better.

PS where can I find about what type it is, i.e venice/winchester and so on. Plus, where can I find out about the differences between these charateristics?

Thanks for the help.


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by dynamo on 06/18/05 12:22 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

2.4 beats 2.2

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