Would you buy a x2 3800+ for £232?

[Jimbo]

I have a problem in that I need to buy a Cpu for my new Asrock dual channel motherboard. I can only afford to get it on the never never ie american express cc.

Overclockers dont expept AE so it looks like its my local shop. The guy said he would accept my card but it will be an extra 3% on the price. This will mean it will cost me about £232 for the Retail Athlon 64 dual core 3800+

Would you buy it or am I being mental here? I can pay it off my card in a couple of weeks I guess. I really want to buy it.

If I ordered the same thing from overclockers it would cost me £220 so its nothing much over.

 

[Jimbo]

Cheers yeah but have you added the postage on that? plus I would need to pay by American crapy express lol and its surprising how many places dont accept it.

 

[Jimbo]

OEM or Retail

Retail mate.

 

[Jimbo]

£217 posted.

If they take AE I would be over the moon with that.

 

[Jimbo]

Your just upsetting me now lol.

 

[Jimbo]

whats the best one to look out for?

 

[Jimbo]

Hey all I bought one on my debit card as American express was not supported lol. I got it for £225 here are the numbers of the front of the CPU..

AMD Athlon 64 x2
ADA3800DAA5CD
CCBWE 0546UPMW
1375449K50272

Result.

Im not really bothered about overclocking, so Im happy with it.

 

[Jimbo]

I'm a bit confused though? it says on the box amd athlon 64 x2 with 640KB Cache, operates at 2000mhz.

Yet overclockers say this..

- 2.0GHz operating speed
- 512Kb L2 cache

 

[Jimbo]

Ah I see now, cheers mate.

Yeah it says L1 256 and L2 1024 in the bios. Makes sense now lol.