Which to buy?

I think he really means go with the 3500+ and OC it to 4000+ speeds. it wouldn't be that hard, and you will save yourself some money. But, if you have the money for a 4000+, get it it has a 1MB L2 Cache!
 
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Well same idea you can still OC it in fact I would go for 3500 but you obviously have a higher budget than me if your even asking about a 4000 but still save money and go for the 3800.

Wow I just made like a million gramatical mistakes lol

EDIT: I hate when people post while I'm typing :P
 
It really depends on your system, and every CPU chip isn't the same, even if they say it is, so it's hard to determine which one would push further.
 
Technicaly the 4000 because of the AMD manufacturing process. They make a bunch same core and give them number names after they test for stability. So a 4000 would technicly be more stable at higher clocks. As for the cores I think they OC about equaly.

In practice I dont think it would matter that much though.
 
on average? lol.. i guess the venice could push farther as they are both the same speed and the venice is rated a 3800+ and not a 4000+... but i dunno
 
Ow wait scratch everything I said I just realized that the 3800 is the same speed as the 4000 this is a bi DOH moment
 
When it comes down to it it really doesnt matter I would just get the 3800 and save the money for some good RAM so you can OC the hell out of it.
 
I would go for the 4000+, it's got a 1MB L2 Cache
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that why its pr 4000 and not pr 3800

As for the question as to which to get, it doesn'treally matter all that much in this case, your not going to see that much difference wit the extra 200 pr points
As for oc potential, well there is much difference again, they will both oc very well on average.
You could get a good slab or a bad one, but on average you'll get a good oc out of both.
If budget permits, get the 4000+ if not get the 3800+ and never regret it either way.
 
the only difference between those two cores are the cache. So technically both should have the same ability to OC, but it really depends from chip to chip.
 
the only difference between those two cores are the cache. So technically both should have the same ability to OC, but it really depends from chip to chip.
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well they are different cores, but like you said the only diff on the tech sheet is the cache :)
 
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