AMD 64 3000 or 3200?

Deadwing · 07-09-2004 11:13am #1

Hey all,
Im building a pc at the moment, and am wondering wether its worth the extra money for an AMD64 3200 over a much cheaper AMD64 3000 when there doesnt really seem to be THAT much of a difference in the speed ratings? (only .2ghz or so) Im planning on buying a Geforce 6800 (as this will be primarily a games machine) so would that .2ghz really be worth the extra money with a good gfx card like that and 1gb of ram to back up the cpu?

stevenmu · 07-09-2004 11:25am

I've been looking at the same thing myself. The only difference in them seems to be 512k L2 with the 3000+ vs 1Mb with the 3200+, they're clocked the exact same. Benchmarks seem to show that the 3200+ is only marginally faster, not enough to be worth the extra €s.

Now to find some comparing it to a P4 3.2 prescott .......

BloodBath · 07-09-2004 12:03pm

I'd say it would be very close between the 2 with the a64 outperforming slightly in games.

Why would you get a 3.2 anyway when you could get a 2.8 and just overclock it to 3.2 or 3.6 with a decent cooler and use the money you save to get higher speed RAM.

BloodBath

Deadwing · 07-09-2004 12:06pm

Tbh ive never bothered overclocking my cpus, always was worried about frying them lol. Thanks for the help anyway, looks like ill save myself the money and get a 3000.

BloodBath · 07-09-2004 12:33pm

You can only fry them if you put too much voltage into them.

A 2.8 will go to 3.2 without any voltage increase in most cases but anyway nice choice.

BloodBath

Deadwing · 07-09-2004 12:51pm

Well i might try oc'ing it, ill be back to ask for advice if i do lol. Just a quick question tho, i was thinking of getting the same psu as yourself bloodbath, wondering woud it be enough for the setup im aiming for? (geforce 6800, amd 64)

BloodBath · 07-09-2004 1:03pm

Yeah should be more than enough. It's a great psu, steady rails, tidy wires and a couple of nice extras like a fan controller and a cylinder fan.

Alosi it has 12 molexes and 2 sata power connections so you can connect a lot of stuff.

BloodBath

Deadwing · 07-09-2004 1:06pm

cool, thanks bloodbath

BloodBath · 07-09-2004 1:13pm

Np

BloodBath

Jammer · 07-09-2004 4:04pm

my 3200+ goes to 3800+...so ur also saving money buying the 3200+

Jammer · 07-09-2004 4:05pm

Note about overclocking A64's....they wont let u put too much voltage in. The error to the bios before damaging.

They also have an auto step down if they get too hot...the chip can lower its multiplier at any time....it'll drop it from 11 (stock) to 2 or 3 if it gets too hot.

AMD 64 3000 or 3200?

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