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Hey im building a new computer, and im not sure wether if there will be a noticible difference between these CPU's and if it will be worth the extra money.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=211678
or
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=152503
Thanks for you help

Take the one with 1MB L2 Cache. The more cache, the better.

From what I gather, the performance gain for games is somewhere around 5% at best. Question to you is of course if that's enough for you to deal with a 20% increase in price. It also depends on what you're spending on the rest of your system. That $20 extra may not be much if you're going for a top of the bill graphics card. In any case, have a look at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... =219&num=1 to get a better perspective of the differences between the two chips.

are you an OCer?
if so

Total Entries in Database for Athlon 64 3500+ - 59
Average overclocked speed - 2598 Mhz

Total Entries in Database for Athlon 64 3700+ - 59
Average overclocked speed - 2735 Mhz

headroom seems bout the same for these two cores so the cache would be the deciding factor I suppose.

FPO/Batch Speed Volts S Code Motherboard Heatsink/Cooling ID
San Diego 3821 1.69 DFI LanParty nF4 D Stock

really, you would notice more difference if you spent the extra 20 on a better video card. most games dont' even need all the processing power those cpu's have. if you're using it for gaming get a pci express board and get the best card that you can afford.