Originally posted by: n7
Originally posted by: bjc112
2600mhz is probably where I will settle in..
Awesome awesome awesome
Damn you guys!
I was trying so hard to delay buying an X2 till they got cheaper, but i have managed to justify purchasing one sometime in the next 30ish days.
Bad influencing from teh forums :evil:
Yeah, I just bought an AMD X2 3800 +. I almost bougth a Dell Pentium D 830 because as a total package it was cheaper.
However, if you consider the fact that AMD X2 runs a lot cooler and the fact that a 20% OC makes a hell of a difference in the performance of the CPU, the fight is over.
I previously used (3 days ago) a Northwood 2.6 Ghz and OCed to 3.1 Ghz but although it's 20% OC as well, clock speed doesn't mean a lot for Intel.
Considering it is so easy and stable to OC an AMD X2 3800+ to almost an AMD X2 4600+ equivalent, the chip looks like a very good deal.