AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+
I'm about to build a new computer that can handle my gaming needs for the next couple of years and I have my heart set on the 3800+. The bad thing about it is when I was surfer in tigerdirect.com they had the dual core for about $40.00 more (still surfering other computer parts sites but I normally go to newegg and tigerdirect to get the feel of what's out there). Since it has been awhile since the last time I really researched alot of the new tech. for computers I started to try and see proformance wise the difference. From the gaming perspective on most sites (couldn't find too many sites that compared the x2 against the original), just the regular AMD Athlon 64 3800+ outperformed against the x2.
AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+
- Price about $40 more
- 400 MHz less
- "Dual Core"
- Runs using less energy
I built a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ for my sister awhile back and very impressed with the performance I got out of it with just stock configurations so I'm leaning towards the non-dual core processor.
This might sound REALLY noobish (been out of the loop for way too long /cry ) but most motherboards I have seen support only 400 MHz memory, but I'm seeing DDR2 memory @ 533 MHz or better. Will these mobos support it?
Would like some advice on which one I should choose. Money isn't a big problem right now but I don't want to buy the "fresh off the drawing board" processor for $800.00+ when in a year it will be half the price. Hoping to have a list of what I plan on putting in the computer by the end of the day to see how it stacks up. Thanks!
I'm about to build a new computer that can handle my gaming needs for the next couple of years and I have my heart set on the 3800+. The bad thing about it is when I was surfer in tigerdirect.com they had the dual core for about $40.00 more (still surfering other computer parts sites but I normally go to newegg and tigerdirect to get the feel of what's out there). Since it has been awhile since the last time I really researched alot of the new tech. for computers I started to try and see proformance wise the difference. From the gaming perspective on most sites (couldn't find too many sites that compared the x2 against the original), just the regular AMD Athlon 64 3800+ outperformed against the x2.
AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+
- Price about $40 more
- 400 MHz less
- "Dual Core"
- Runs using less energy
I built a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ for my sister awhile back and very impressed with the performance I got out of it with just stock configurations so I'm leaning towards the non-dual core processor.
This might sound REALLY noobish (been out of the loop for way too long /cry ) but most motherboards I have seen support only 400 MHz memory, but I'm seeing DDR2 memory @ 533 MHz or better. Will these mobos support it?
Would like some advice on which one I should choose. Money isn't a big problem right now but I don't want to buy the "fresh off the drawing board" processor for $800.00+ when in a year it will be half the price. Hoping to have a list of what I plan on putting in the computer by the end of the day to see how it stacks up. Thanks!