No, you won't see hardly any difference between the two. The 3800+ runs at 2.4Ghz stock while the 3700+ runs at 2.2Ghz stock. The 3700+ makes up for most of the difference in games with it's 1MB of cache vs the 3800+'s 512MB.
Ultimately, they are extremely close to one another bench-wise, both being excellent gaming cpu's let alone less intensive tasks such as web surfing, etc. With socket AM2 and the 3800+, you'll save quite a bit of money, have access to DDR2 memory, and be better off upgradability wise.
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My system.
cpu - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Orleans
mobo - AM2 Foxconn
memory - 1 GB PQI ddr2 533
hard drive - WD 80GB Serial Ata
floppy - NEC black
cd/dvd - Lite-On 16X DVD
video card - Geforce 7600GT
case - Antec SLK1650B
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