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

adren · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:04

Is the 4000+ worth the £18 odd quid over the 3700+ sandys?

krooton · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:04

Nitecon said:
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.

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Any ideas?

If you are looking at the solely hear and now, the 4000+, with it's 1MB cache, will outperfom the X2 in single-thread applications.

As you wish to be switching between a game and other things though, you would see benefit from dual cores, plus allowing for future proofing.

I've gone the 4000+ route simply because I do things 1 at a time

luminous · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:51

Omg what a price for a 3700 i paid 150 for not so long ago lol.I`ve got a spare new an8 sli se sitting here tempted to get another one.

krooton · 27 Jul 2006 at 14:28

luminous said:
Omg what a price for a 3700 i paid 150 for not so long ago lol.I`ve got a spare new an8 sli se sitting here tempted to get another one.

Hmmm... how different is the clocking ability between the 4000+ and 3700+ SDs?

at £20 cheaper, I might be tempted to go 3700.

adren · 27 Jul 2006 at 14:39

yea i think im gonna go 3700, you only lose 200mhz no?

luminous · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:13

The only difference on 4000 seems to be the extra 200mhz and the 12x multiplier.
On my 3700 i`m just running a mild overclock in this weather @2.4.Once my good cooler arrives i`ve read that 2.6 is easy and many revisions can clock to 3ghz+ on air.
Here`s a link to the 3700 steppings
http://www.overclock.net/faqs/101138-info-what-different-3700-san-diego.html
Couldn`t dig up similar info on 4000 as yet but seeming as it is really a rebadged fx53 and what gibbo says i`m very tempted,i mean for £18 more?

Jabbs · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:14

Goto hand it to you chaps at overclockers, you have some awesome prices.

Scoobie Dave · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:21

£65incVAT

Man that's well cheap!

:eek:

Livestrong · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:43

shame I am rebuilding a old project

Cpu_Bible · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:52

Gibbo said:
Hi there

AMD have cleared all their old 3700 and 4000 stock out.

Guess whos bought most of it?

That means we've now got some cracking prices on Athlon 64 3700 and 4000 but it is only whilst stock last, so be quick.

We may have 1000 units but at £55 I am sure you can imagine how fast they will sell.

holy smokes batman I am buying 1

Cpu_Bible · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:57

Scoobie Dave said:
£65incVAT

Man that's well cheap!

This is a bad thing

these prices will now kill of people selling there second hand AMD 64 cpu's up to the 3700 sd range.

this is a good thing

for £64 you can buy a brand new super quick cpu thats clock's to a fx-57 and beyond.

Gibbo · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:18

4000+ Testing @ 3.03GHz (250 X 12 @1.4V)

3 X laps of 3DMark 06 (5095)
1 X Full play through of F.E.A.R. level with EVERYTHING MAXED OUT.
3 X laps of 3DMark 06 (5095)

Thats what our tech guy Andy just managed with one in the summer heat with a Freezer 64 Pro.

Needless to say our batch of 600 Athlon 64 4000's on OEM seem great clockers.

AndyOcUK · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:42

Gibbo said:
4000+ Testing @ 3.03GHz (250 X 12 @1.4V)

3 X laps of 3DMark 06 (5095)
1 X Full play through of F.E.A.R. level with EVERYTHING MAXED OUT.
3 X laps of 3DMark 06 (5095)

Thats what our tech guy Andy just managed with one in the summer heat with a Freezer 64 Pro.

Needless to say our batch of 600 Athlon 64 4000's on OEM seem great clockers.

Here are the details and the proof:

The system is 2nd one down on this week only:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_This_Week_Only_25.html

Clocked it to 3GHz to properly test stability.

ROCK SOLID PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY ALL AFTERNOON GUYS!!!

Regards

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech :cool:

krooton · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:42

Gibbo said:
4000+ Testing @ 3.03GHz (250 X 12 @1.4V)

3 X laps of 3DMark 06 (5095)
1 X Full play through of F.E.A.R. level with EVERYTHING MAXED OUT.
3 X laps of 3DMark 06 (5095)

Thats what our tech guy Andy just managed with one in the summer heat with a Freezer 64 Pro.

Needless to say our batch of 600 Athlon 64 4000's on OEM seem great clockers.

How would a Thermalright XP90 with a 92mm Panaflo compare to the Freezer?

luminous · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:44

Ok gibbo,i`m sold lol.Now could you guys hold off till i get paid tomorrow

AndyOcUK · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:51

krooton said:
How would a Thermalright XP90 with a 92mm Panaflo compare to the Freezer?

Good HSFs but nothing beats the freezer 64/ 7 pros at the moment.

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

adren · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:54

are the current oem 4000+ sandys the ones that are in that machine? and are all the oem ones deffinately sandys.

feriso · 27 Jul 2006 at 17:03

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

AndyOcUK · 27 Jul 2006 at 17:04

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

Yes, X2's do have a score benefit in 06 as it officially supports AMD and Intel dual core architectures.

AndyOcUK
OcUK Tech

adren · 27 Jul 2006 at 17:06

adren said:
are the current oem 4000+ sandys the ones that are in that machine? and are all the oem ones deffinately sandys.

can you confirm this Andyoc or Gibbo