Wtf?

[Burgerbob]

I know this is really a useless question...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103602
Same FSB, GHz, cache, number designation (3200+), same socket, diff cores. Winchester cant be that much better than Venice! Can someone please explain this to me?

 

[holyjunk]

Right now all I can see is that they didn't update that one when the price drops went into effect. Seeing as the more expensive one has all reviews at the beginning of the year and the $80 is more recent reviews saying "I wish it was this cheap when I bought it 5 months ago"

 

[StrangleHold]

CG's have the E4 steppings vs. the BP's with the E3 steppings

 

[Burgerbob]

CG's have the E4 steppings vs. the BP's with the E3 steppings

I understand the steppings part, but CG? BP?

 

[StrangleHold]

I understand the steppings part, but CG? BP?

Pretty sure the E3, if you run 4 sticks of ram it will kick it back to 333mhz, E4 will run 4 sticks at 400mhz

 

[Burgerbob]

u sure? that sounds like a motherboard thing, not a CPU thing.

 

[StrangleHold]

The memory controller is on the processor on 64s

 

[fade2green514]

The memory controller is on the processor on 64s

i can vouch for this. lol
yea those prices are way off though... i duno get the cheaper one lol... newegg probably just has old procs left around that they bought from AMD for X amount of dollars so they need to sell them for above X amount of dollars to make any money off of it. either that or they'll lower the price very soon...