worth paying extra £10 for A64 3000 - 3200 ?

[Snow-Munki]

Hi

got the option hopefully to buy an Athlob 64 3200 for an extra £10 of what i was going to pay for the 3000.

just wondering if it's worth the extra, just going to be for my htpc, porbably won't o/c too much so temps are low.

 

[Zefan]

It's not really worth it imo, all it is is a multiplier of 10 instead of 9. If you want to o/c though the 10 multiplier is far better as you can simply stick it on 2xx*10, or even 300x10 and get a straight result instead of multiplying by 9 all the time. Not really too much of an issue but it annoys me with my 3000+.

 

[A2Z]

if not o/c then no

 

[utherpendragon]

for £10 I'd say its worth it. Higher stock speeds, more flexible in regards to overclocking and hopefully a higher binned core. Of course It all comes down to the stepping...

 

[Snow-Munki]

thanks, hmm undecided.

might just get it for easier maths

 

[bigmike20vt]

for less than the price of 4 pints of beer, unless it is only for an office pc and you never see yourself doing anything more than that on it, its a no brainer, get the 3200+. Far more flexible for ocing and even if that isnt your bag, it is quicker anyway. (even as a HTPC for dvds and divx 3000+ is the bare minimum with post processing etc on)

 

[PinkFloyd]

I'd pay the extra tenner.
10x multi is bliss, overclocking my old 3800 X2 was so easy in comparison to my old winnie 3000 as I didn't have to get my calculator out all the time when overclocking.