Which is better: 130nm or 90nm 3500?

[DamienKC]

I've been looking to get a A64 setup for gaming and stuff like that, and my eye has been on the 3500's. In OVERALL overclockability and stuff like that, which of the two is better? The 130nm is considerably cheaper, but does the 90nm have lower temps/higher overclock? I'm thinking about doing 2.6-2.7ghz on my XP-120 if I get any of the two. If the 3500+ 130nm guaruntees a 2.6+ o/c on air, then i'll be getting that

Thanks alot guys!

EDIT: at monarch, i can get an OEM 3500+ 90nm for $315, i'm considering it alot, OEM 90nm 3500+ o/c any better/worse than retail?

EDIT2 : haha sorry again, but reading some reviews on newegg, people are hitting 2.6ghz with the 3200+ model, on monarch they're $216...would this be a much better deal? I'd truthfully rather pay $220 for 2.5ghz than $320 for 2.6ghz

 

[Doomgeneration]

What mobo and memory have you selected to go along with your CPU?

 

[fateshammer]

Comparison between A64 90nm and 130nm 3500+.

And you're right, you'd be doing your wallet a big favor by picking up that 3200+. Check out this related thread for relevant info and insights.

 

[DamienKC]

I'll probably be picking up the neo2 plat and sell my stick of A-Data and get some PDP 2x512mb pc3200 with XBL technology (that's the stuff that's TCCD right?), if not that, then 2x512mb PDP pc4000

 

[DamienKC]

OK so judging by that article, the .90nm is overall better, but I honestly can't see myself putting out $320+ for a cpu. My intel was $215 and even THEN i was thinking that's a little pricey. Maybe just getting the 3200 would be better. 2.5ghz 3200+ would be faster than a 3500+ @ 2.5ghz right? Because of FSB and all that stuff.

On newegg theres a 3400+ 939 pin...is it really 939 pin? If so, is it .13 or .9?

 

[fateshammer]

At this point there's only the 3000+, 3200+ and 3500+ on 90nm-S939's (Winchester). The 3400+ should be 130nm, though I'm not positively sure if there's a S939 variant. I only remember that its S754 with 1MB of L2 cache.

I think its better if you just get that 3200+.

 

[hitechjb1]

I would get the 90 nm 3000+ or 3200+, the recent week ones. Many can get to 2.6 GHz or more.

The 3200+ is more flexible for setting up as a whole with boards and memory.

For the 3000+, make sure the motherboard can be clocked to 280-300 MHz since it gets only a x9 max multiplier.

Low PR 90 nm 939 Winchester (Sept 2004)