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Best CPU Cores

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PaidLess

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What are the best CPU cores right now?? SLedgehammer? Venice? San Diego ?? Clawhammer? can anyone tell me a good core for a 939 socket
 
Venices and San Diegos are the most recent cores (Revision E). Venices are 3000+, 3200+, 3500+, and 3800+ all in increments of .2Ghz starting from 2.0Ghz. San Diegos are 3700+, FX-55, and FX-57 in increments of .2Ghz starting from 2.4Ghz. The only difference between them is the cache size. Sandies have 1MB, and Venices have 512KB. Go with a 3000+/3700+ and overclock.
 
What about Dual Core (Athlon 64x2. Anyone who mentions Pentium D gets slapped in the face.)? Who's getting the best OC? Manchester?
 
Correct me if Im wrong, but I believe the Manchester is 512K L2 so you may want to get the Toledo for overclocking.

You may also want to wait for the socket 940 X2s which will have dual memory controller if you dont have a motherboard allready.
 
Originally posted by: ixelion
Correct me if Im wrong, but I believe the Manchester is 512K L2 so you may want to get the Toledo for overclocking.

You may also want to wait for the socket 940 X2s which will have dual memory controller if you dont have a motherboard allready.
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Already rocking an A8N-SLI Deluxe. S939 it is.
 
Originally posted by: ixelion
Correct me if Im wrong, but I believe the Manchester is 512K L2 so you may want to get the Toledo for overclocking.

You may also want to wait for the socket 940 X2s which will have dual memory controller if you dont have a motherboard allready.
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No, you are incorrect. Manchesters are native 512k x 2 chips. Toledos are native 1mb x 2 chips. HOWEVER. It is not common to see 4200+s or 3800s as Toledos. Many Toledos fail to meet the yield requirements, so AMD simply cuts off/disables half their cache.

So you're looking at Venice, San Diego, Manchester (512kb only) and Toledo (512kb/1mb).
 
Originally posted by: PaidLess
So guys .... Which are the best cores with 1mb cache ...
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In a single core setting, definitely the San Diego 3700+. It will overclock to 2.64Ghz without much hassle. You just got yourself a FX-55 and spent 1/3 the price.

As for X2, I cannot provide insight as I have not played with one yet.
 
Originally posted by: PaidLess
Im not planning on overclocking it .. just wanna knwo whats the best cores "non" overclocked
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That's a waste dude
These babes are the best and easiest overclockable in the entire CPU history and you aren't going to overclock them?

Remeber, overclock = free performance
If you don't change the voltage setting, you are 100% safe. Even if you do, you are 99.9% safe within acceptable margin.
 
ok ... well my new setup will be :

CASE : Antec P180
MOBO: MSI K8N Neo2-F
CPU: Haven't Decided
P/S: Thermaltake TR2 430W
Ram: OCZ Performance 2GB(2x1gb) Dual Channel
Video: ATI X800 Pro AGP
HD: 160 Seagate 7200RPM 8MB
Optical: Plextor 716A Internal


I'll prolly use other HD's later on but for now one will do
 
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