3700 San Diego or 3800 X2?

[DVad3r]

I'm stumped between these two procs, the 3800 is about 110 bucks canadian more then the 3700...help me decide...is X2 worth it?

 

[LT4CAMSS]

Sup man. For us to answer your question better, please tell us what you usually use your computer for. Games? Perhaps AV/Multimedia? Your budget along w/ an approximate avg. of how often you upgrade would help us as well. Peace...

 

[silentvois]

I was thinkin of that too, but I thought, for the price of the 3700 san diego, why not just get an X2 3800+ instead. If you're gonna spend that much for a cpu then get the X2. Otherwise get the lowest clocked venice and overclock that.

 

[mOeeOm]

If you do 0 muli-tasking, msn + aim + BT running is not multi-tasking, and play pure games on your rig and only run the games like me, then 3700+ SD. If you wanna play a game, run anti-virus and burn a DVD same time...then go with the 3800+ X2.

 

[DVad3r]

Thanks for the replies guys. I will definetely be gaming on my system more then anything else. School work and stuff is all word based with a little photo shop here and there. I also do burn DVD's/CD's, but usually not while playing unless it's a low demanding game like warcraft 3 or something. My original plan was to get a cheap 3200 venice...oc it a bit, then when prices come down get a X2...but now I just don't know. Maybe I should get a X2 now...be with current tech...and upgrade to a bigger badder one later down the line?

 

[Pabster]

Or, grab a 3000+ Venice for about $140 and you can upgrade to an X2 down the road.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
Thanks for the replies guys. I will definetely be gaming on my system more then anything else. School work and stuff is all word based with a little photo shop here and there. I also do burn DVD's/CD's, but usually not while playing unless it's a low demanding game like warcraft 3 or something. My original plan was to get a cheap 3200 venice...oc it a bit, then when prices come down get a X2...but now I just don't know. Maybe I should get a X2 now...be with current tech...and upgrade to a bigger badder one later down the line?

Seems like the X2 isn't for you. Grab a 3000+ and overclock it then.

3700+ SD isn't worth the extra money.

 

[blckgrffn]

$140? More like $120 from ewiz, but that xp-90 will set you back some more dough, I guess 😛