Is my CPu satifactory?

Johnny Prefect

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ok. Here is my build.

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor S939 Venice 2.2GHZ 512K L2 Cache
MB- DFI LANParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert ATX S939 NFORCE4 SLI DDR 2PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound LAN
HDD-Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA 10000RPM 8MB 4.5MS
GPU-PNY GeForce 7800 GT 256MB w/ Free Call Duty 2
PSU-Ultra 600w X-Finity Power Supply w/2 80mm / Titan
OP-Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OEM
Drive-Lite-on SOHD-16P9S Black Internal 16x DVD Drive
RAM-OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 CL2-3-2-5 184PIN Pin Dual Channel Memory Kit /W Ramsink
Speakers-LOGITECH X-530 5.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM Black 70W RMS 140W W/FDD2
KeyBoard-LOGISYS KB606BK STREAMLINE ILLUMINATED KEYBOARD USB PS2 Black W/ MULTIMEDIA KEYS & BLUE EL WIRE
Case-Ultra UV Wizard MS Blue Mid ATX Case UV Blue Side


I plan to use this computer for heavy gaming. A few MMO's with pretty high requirements. My question is...how much will the processor affect gaming. I can overclock it...at leat..i will learn how to and attempt.. But..origionally i was going to go with the 3700+...now im going 3500+...will there be a noticeable preformance difference? Should i wait, save up a bit more..and buy the 3700?
 
Whil having the same clock speed, the 3500 has half the cache. I'd say it'll be fine for gaming and should overclock nicely, as it is a Venice.
 
well everything looks good.
i dont think there will be a noticable difference... the only difference between the 2 CPU's is that the 3700 has 512 more L2 cache.
 
i would say go for the 3700 as its only a few bob more and then you wont be disapointed and keep on wondering how a 3700 would be liek
 
no, 3700+ might get 15fps over the 3500+... of course, the video card will determine fps before the cpu will if your running higher qualities and resolutions.
good choice, rumor has it the 7800gt runs better under high quality than 6800ultra SLI enabled.
 
super_xero said:
only a few bob more
a few bob more?

I wouldnt get the 3700+, your only going to have a slight performance increase but you'll be paying alot more. Go with the 3500+.
 
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