A64 or X2?

[OBCT]

Ever since dual-cores came out, I've been leery toward them. They help out in desktop tasks, but in gaming (where you need the extra power), not as much.

I'll be getting myself a new processor, taking advantage of the price cuts. Should I get an Athlon 64 or an X2?

I read somewhere a while ago (might've been in the Pentium D era) that when overclocking a dual-core processor, only one core can be modified. Is this true? I'll be overclocking, so which would be a better option for me?

 

[Zebo]

What are you doing or plan to do with your computer?

 

[thilanliyan]

If you're NOT gonna keep your current motherboard and memory, buy a cheap Core 2 Duo.

And no, when you overclock it does both cores but sometimes, one of the cores can't take the overclock and will show up when you do some stress testing. For example you load 2 instances of prime95/superpi and one instance fails, then you can figure out which core can't take the overclock.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: OBCT
Ever since dual-cores came out, I've been leery toward them. They help out in desktop tasks, but in gaming (where you need the extra power), not as much.

I'll be getting myself a new processor, taking advantage of the price cuts. Should I get an Athlon 64 or an X2?

I read somewhere a while ago (might've been in the Pentium D era) that when overclocking a dual-core processor, only one core can be modified. Is this true? I'll be overclocking, so which would be a better option for me?

At these prices, go for the X2...
And I have never seen the type of problem you listed on an X2 (ever).