Would you buy the AMD 64 3500+ or the 3700+? AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 512KB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz Process Type: 90 nm Series: Athlon 64 Voltage: 1.35/1.4V Model #: ADA3500BPBOX $267
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Newcastle Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500ASBOX - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 512KB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW! Professional Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz Process Type: 0.13 µm Series: Athlon 64 Voltage: 1.5V Model #: ADA3500ASBOX $267
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 1MB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz Process Type: 90 nm Series: Athlon 64 Voltage: 1.35/1.4V Model #: ADA3700BNBOX $323
Or even the 3800 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800BPBOX - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 512KB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional Operating Frequency: 2.4GHz Process Type: 90 nm Series: Athlon 64 Voltage: 1.35/1.4V Model #: ADA3800BPBOX $367
What is the best bang for the buck?
if you can get hold of the 3800 go for that. pcs are after all getting faster and better these days