amd 64 3000 or amd 64 2800?

Bigshow1030

Bigshow1030

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How much difference really is between the two......If you had to give someone 5 major differences or advantages what woud they be? :)
 
core voltage

If I am putting this in and don't plan on overclocking will i have to mess with the voltage at all? I had seen some reviews where they said it was running sluggish until they altered voltages :confused:
 
i don't know about anyone else, but i have had 3 amd chips, and i have never had to adjust the voltage, aside from the one oc'd...
 
in the future 939 sockets will be more useful to have...

because more processors are going to be built using 939 pins, you will have more choice when it comes to processor switching on your motherboard

also 939 has 128bit dual channel memory controller, while 754 has 64bit single channel memory controller...

do you want DDR or DDR2???

the only downside to S939 is that it is more expensive than 754
 
pricing

Is there a whole lot of difference when it comes to price on ddr 2 and also if I am running ddr 2 will that make the computer move that much faster?
 
oh ya...

DDR ranges from 266MHz to 400MHz...while DDR2 is up to 675MHz, in conjunction with 800MHz FSB, or 1600MHz/2000MHz HTT this makes for fast transfer of data from the memory and the processor
 
if u could finish that off with a WD Raptor SATA drive, at 10k or 15k RPM, than you would be set

if you have a high power cpu, you want to have as much power in the rest of the peripherals as possible.

the processor can run at much faster speeds than the rest of your hardware can, but normally you can find a happy medium
 
yes, upgrading to dual channel DDR (DDR2), would be a really nice upgrade to your pc...

if you look around you may find a good deal on a 512MB, or 1GB
 
everything

No I meant if you were starting new........with nothing and you wanted to get a complete system what would you go with
 
um I dont know why you talking about DDR2 when there no amd boards that use it right now. socket 939 boards DO NOT use DDR2. Dual channel means something else completly then DDR2. You use Dual channel by having 2 ram sticks of the same size.
 
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then how come every retailer i've been to classes them as the same thing, and how come my friends comp is running DDR2 on his mobo??

i don't mean this to sound rude...i am just asking??
 
DDR2 are 240 pins while DDR is 184 pins. Look at any amd motherboard and you will see they only support 184 pins. Now it possiable to be DDR2 and dual channel acutrally most DDR2 are. So they might of said DD2 and dual channel and you might of thought that was the same thing.

As for your friend does he has intel or amd?
 
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ok i went looking for an online source, and i think i know what you are talking about...

my friends comp was advertised with DDR2, but is likely Dual Channel DDR instead because it runs @ 500MHz...

im sorry for the wrong advice, i had wrong information...

i would recommend to get some Dual Channel DDR PC4000 RAM @ 500MHz then, however much that means anymore
 
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