Newegg

[goose21]

so newegg is where im ordering all my stuff for my computer but something happened and im not complaining but i emailed my cart to myself about a week ago so i wouldnt lose it if i shutdown my computer and everything got erased
well i was looking over it and clicked to view my processor
When i was looking at it weeks ago it was $289 but now its only $229 and im not complaining but all the AMD processors are cheaper than they were before a few weeks ago
does anyone know what happened
heres my new processor that im looking at vs. the older one(the one with the price change) tell me what u think since it doesnt have any customer reviews

Original one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103759

New one that im looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103769

i think it looks good but would do u think i should get the 5200+
i want a decent processor so input is welcome
thnks

[VikingWarlord]

Shopping carts don't keep forever. Should have added to a wishlist. That stays as part of your account.

What happened with the price? Market fluctuations. It happens in the computer world. Get used to it.

I'd suggest you go with the 5200+ simply because that gives you double the L2 cache. The clock speed difference wouldn't be noticable unless you're benchmarking, and performance would be equalized by having twice the cache.

[goose21]

Thats what i thought
thnks man
sweet just saved some dough too

[WBBIRL]

Buy a 3800 and overclock. I do believe the AM2's have a lower voltage at similar clockspeeds compared to their socket 939 counterparts thus allowing for a much greater OC.

A 2.0ghz stock 3800+ usually gets a good 500-600 mhz extra on socket 939, expect up to 100mhz more on average with an AM2.

For about half of what your looking to spend you can get a chip that OC's to 3.0ghz per core with proper cooling, so expect around 2.6-2.7 on stock air.

So drop 110$ on the chip and over clock it from 2.0ghz to an easy 2.6-2.7 and save yourself at least 100+ dollars. Don't know how to OC? Ask yourself if the 100$+ dollars saved is worth it to learn.

[SpecialK]

Shopping carts don't keep forever. Should have added to a wishlist. That stays as part of your account.

What happened with the price? Market fluctuations. It happens in the computer world. Get used to it.

I'd suggest you go with the 5200+ simply because that gives you double the L2 cache. The clock speed difference wouldn't be noticable unless you're benchmarking, and performance would be equalized by having twice the cache.

Having double the L2 cache isn't necessarily going to equalize the performance in general.

[betastas]

Double L2 cache is pretty nice. I got an Opteron 1.8 dual core, cranked it all the way up to 2.85 Ghz on stock voltage. I paid about 300 bucks for it at the time off ebay (stepping specific). I would suggest that you get a cheaper processor and just overclock it. The 3800 has the same architecture (albeit a smaller cache) but is significantly cheaper. WBBIRL had a good suggestion.

I would sooner get an Intel core duo 6400 and OC that.

[WBBIRL]

If he had a C2D board, the E6300 is pretty much THE best bang for your buck for anyone who can/will learn to overclock.

I too bought an opty 165 but took a gamble on newegg and got a crap stepping which only does 2.6ghz at 1.5Vcore. Still a damn nice OC (800mhz) on air and it has the hefty L2 cache.

If you have/are willing to invest in a C2D board, then get the E6300 and a decent aftermarket cooler. Something like the Arctic Freezer 7.

$185-E6300
$70- AF7
$70- LGA775 board

With that hardware you should easily be able to take a Core 2 Duo (the slowest one) and run it safely at around 3.5-3.6ghz. Thats the performance of an over clocked X6800 ($950+) for about $340 with shipping. The only added benefit of the X6800 is the unlocked multi, but its hardly worth the extra 600$ it costs you.

[VikingWarlord]

Having double the L2 cache isn't necessarily going to equalize the performance in general.

Not necessarily, but it'll make it close enough that you won't notice. To take it further, you're not going to notice a usability difference between a dual core 2.6GHz and a dual core 2.8GHz chip anyhow. The only place you'll see differences is running benchmarks and you compare numbers. They both still surf teh intarw3bz at the same speed. Sadly, that's the most intensive task most people will ever do with any of this stuff.

[WBBIRL]

For surfing teh 1n73I2\/\/3I3 all you need is a single core althon 3200+ or a celeron D 326 both being cheaper then $50 each and both are way more then capable of running windows xp which is essentially the standard for most casual users systems.

VikingWarlord is also correct, you don't see much difference in 200mhz as far as every day use goes. But I do heavy audio/video converting and work with both and saw a MAJOR difference in my opteron 165 at 2.6ghz over the stock 1.8

The average user doesn't need to spend more then $300 total for a computer (without monitor) to have a fully usable, web surfable, IM slinging sun of a gun machine. Its the gamers or people who do A/V work that benefit from over clocked dual cores with heaps of on die cache and system ram with big expensive GPU's.