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X2 3800 or X2 4400?

fred_easey

fred_easey

fred_easey

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Hi,

My mate's buying a new CPU, either a 939 X2 3800 or a 939 X2 4400.

Question -

How much difference would the 512Kb difference in L2 cache make? Would he actually notice much of a difference with the 4400 1mb L2 cache? Enough to warrant paying an extra £50?

Fred
 
All-round use, watching films, games (eg BF2), music, work (eg spreadsheets, email) etc.

So for standard windows use the extra cache makes little difference?

(I can imagine most apps are hitting the RAM anyway, so extra 500kb of L2 should make little difference?)
 
The other option is to go Intel.

What would be better, an X2 3800 setup, or an Intel Allendale setup?

(...or should he just splash the extra cash and get a Conroe?)
 
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