AMD CPU conundrum :-? (AMD 3700 San Diego only £55 @ OcUK!)

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Was thinking of popping into OCUK tomorrow to get a X23800 and now I've seen on the Weekly Deals a 3700+SD for £65incVAT

Oh what shall I do?

 

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Yeah but this all still makes me wonder whether I should go for the X2 over the 3700?

 

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Nope it's still last weeks offers.

Well I can see it.

ARGH... decisions, can someone help me on this

either
1) - 4000+ (OEM) SD core

2) - X2 3800+

I play games and do other stuff on my PC. Though when I do use it for wordprocessing/encoding I really do use it and do mutiple things at one time!

 

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Looks like you answered your question...get the X2!

OK done - and I'll clock the hell out of it as well....... hope OCUK have enough left for me to pop in tomorrow on my way home (I pass it every day calling me in )

Now Gibbo... about that post I put in the other thread (the one that went missing.... )

 

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At the moment I'm running a 3000+. Seeing the great value on a lot of the processors right now, I'm thinking about upgrading.

I mostly use my PC for gaming and internet browsing, I run a dual monitor set up and run an MMOPRG game on one monitor, and have a load of seperate programs loaded up on the second monitor, mainly ventrilo, a few IE windows, and some other minor programs.

I'm not sure whether to go for the:

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-175-AM)

Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)

or the:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)

Price: £99.95 (£117.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Any ideas?

Same as me if you read the thread and I chose the X2, and then clock it a bit.

 

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How would an X2 perform on the CPU score then? Does 3D06 take account of the dual core?

 

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Ok i've been testing how high I can take my memory with this chip and it seems it fails Prime 95 after 265Mhz, So obviously I can't run 12 x 265 as the chip seems to max out at 3Ghz for stability. So I've been running 11 x 265 for 2.92Ghz and guess how low I managed to take the voltage lol

1.325v lol Yes this chip can do 2.92Ghz with only 1.325v going through it lol.
but needs 1.45v for 3Ghz. So going with these results I would say I would need to pump 1.575 for a stable 3.1Ghz which is a big increase for very little performance gain, and this chip does run very hot. Sitting at 40C idle with only 1.325v. COME ON THE WINTER!!

Does sound a touch warm - is it seated right? (the HSF)

 

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I'm using an XP-90 with a 92mm panaflo, I don't think you can mis-seat an XP90 can you?

Don;t thinks so - I;ve got the Cu version of it