4600 or 4800

[Sean_UK]

Picked up Athlon 4600 for el'cheapo price off friend who has yet again upgraded (he went intel) Well impressed with the results + gain its made in my brothers PC (he had 3700+). So now im in the market for either 4600 or 4800 myself (using 4000+ San D at moment), decided new CPU will be used within a gaming unit, air-cooled and overclocking will be taking place. Cant go intel as cost mounts up with forced upgrades such as mobo, ram etc.

Im aware 4800 will ave o/c around 2.7/2.8 (my 4000+ does 2.85 stable), no idea what to expect from 4600 and havent had chance to play with o/clocking my bro's 4600. So 4600 or 4800? (ignoring the cost diff between the two ) All advice & comments welcome.

 

[Jay_t]

Try to go for the 4400 or the 4800. Both have 1mb cache per core instead of the normal 512k. You can always overclock a 4400 to 4600 speeds, but you can't replace missing cache.

 

[steve258]

Strictly between the two then 4800+ definately. It is the only skt939 1Mb L2 X2 they are still selling.

 

[Sean_UK]

Hmm yeah still selling here but in last 12hrs gone up £5 from £166 to nearly £171, thought the weekly specials were changed on Tuesday by O/C and not Mondays

 

[steve258]

Well if you consider how much one of these are going for on auction site then £170 is not a lot I suppose, if you want it you have to get it now before it's gone even higher.

either a 4800+ or a 3800+ if you're not bothered about the amount of L2.

 

[deadeyedic30]

Or if you know which online rival retailor to use, a dual core Opteron.

 

[Sean_UK]

Or if you know which online rival retailor to use, a dual core Opteron.

Ah yes spotted yesterday Well guess ill have a think about the options i have and decide, replys have been helpfull so thanks people.

 

[Killajaz]

165 for £99 is a great buy even if it is a poor clocker. If you have some clue about A64 overclocking and you don't have a seriously pap mobo you are pretty much guaranteed to hit 2.6ghz (FX60)

 

[Sean_UK]

Well here's how it went down in the end, picked up 4600 2nd hand for me eldest bro as he begged me to lend him the cash Won a bit of cash week before last (long storey, and no it was not sexual favors) so treated myself to 4800 and sold 3700 along with 4000 on well known auction site for silly money so nearly made back allmost all my out goings.

 

[Mongy2130]

Yeah was a good buy mines at 2.8 atm on stock volts 24 hour orthos stable 255x11 much better than my 4000+ was which wouldnt overclock much past 2.5 lol