Athlon 64 3700

I am going to buy a 3700 and was wondering if the San Diego is the only core that it comes in.

Also, have have some corsair xms 3200 memory. Will that work well with it?

Irv

PS using an Asus A8v

I'm pretty sure the 3700 is San Diego only. AFAIK only 3000, 3200, 3500 & 3800 are Venice. The 4000+ is San Diego as well.

dan

The 3700 is San Diego only. I would double check the prices of the Opteron 148 and 146 to see which price is lower. The 148 is basically the same as the 3700 but often cheaper. The 146 has a 10 multi and much cheaper. If you have a very stable HTT mobo, get the 146. If not, get the 148 or 3700.

Tankguys had the 146 for $155 and the 144 for $135 a few days ago.

There is also a socket 754 3700+ that has a clawhammer core running at 2.4 GHz. I would say these are hard to find though.

fabulouscoops said:

There is also a socket 754 3700+ that has a clawhammer core running at 2.4 GHz. I would say these are hard to find though.

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and something to avoid no less anyway!

Thanks for all the replies. I had never heard of the opteron before. Is it like the Sempron? Is it easy to overclock? Can I use the same MB and memory?

I found the 754 3700+ at NewEgg for 245.00.

I await your replies!!

I was not suggesting anyone buy the socket 754 CPU, only pointing out that there were other cores than the Skt 939 San Diego with the 3700+ designation.

Opterons are server quality chips (some are dual core) that give you the most bang for the buck and are great overclockers. They are a more cost effective way to get a dual core CPU than the X2 series. They should not be confused with Semprons which are castrated Athlon 64s.

As long as you stick with socket 939, the A64s, X2s and opterons will all work in the same motherboard. (some might need a BIOS upgrade).