new computer

[salman]

Hi i'm new to this forum i'm hoping you guys can help me. I am wanting to build a PC and I have narrowed my search down to two CPUs and I'm not sure which one to choose:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego or
Intel Pentium® 4 D 805

I know that the intel is a dual core but on www.microdirect.co.uk ( where i am going to buy my parts from ) there is hardly any difference in the price. The actual use for PC i am hoping to build is for occasionally gaming and doing homework.

 

[MagGoT_4_liFE]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=449&model2=487&chart=170

As you can see on the f.e.a.r. benchmark the 3700+ gets roughly 10 more fps than the 805.

In this pricerange (around 100USD), the 3700 is >pretty much< top of the line, even though it's still 939...My policy is go amd for gaming until you get to the 200USD range, then go C2D... But that's a matter of opinion.

 

[salman]

Do any of you other guys have any opinions?

Would there be any other processors from www.microdirect.co.uk around the same price range that would perform better. If possible i would not like to spend more than £65.

 

[Archangel]

you might want to have a look into A2M CPU's instead of s939

 

[MagGoT_4_liFE]

you might want to have a look into A2M CPU's instead of s939

Well, to my knowledge, a 3800+ (Oreleans? The highest singlecore AM2 A64) is out preformed by the 3700+ San Deigo. I'm not 100%, but I'll check up on it now...

EDIT: Nevermind that, I was thinking of the 3500+, the 37 beats that.... But (depending on the bench) some 939 just outprefrom the am2's by like 2 or 3 points... For example, on the same FEAR bench, the 3800 939 (core? dunno) beats the AM2 3800 by 4...

 

[salman]

I think i am gonna go for teh AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego core CPU. I am gonna stick with s939 cos i'm on quite a tight budget and i can get more for my money than an am2 socket processor. thanks for the help the cpu charts helped me out the most.