Can someone explain to me the $116 difference?

[SIGMA27X]

I'm just learning about computers, whats good & bad, how to build, etc, but I don't understand the $116 price difference between these two CPU's:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103708

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103692

The only difference I see is 1Ghz and 4mb of L3 cache. I'm assuming I missed something?

Like I said, I'm a novice when it comes to this stuff, so hopefully someone can explain this to me.

 

[loneninja]

Those are the primary differences, but the Phenom II is also 45nm and capable of much higher clock speeds than Phenom. It is also roughly 10-15% faster than Phenom clock for clock.

 

[SIGMA27X]

Those are the primary differences, but the Phenom II is also 45nm and capable of much higher clock speeds than Phenom. It is also roughly 10-15% faster than Phenom clock for clock.

Ok thanks. Didn't know the part about the 45nm.

 

[jerreece]

Granted you already got your answer, but the Phenom series wasn't very great to be honest. The Phenom II series however, are great processors.

Personally, I would not buy an original Phenom series.

 

[scudst0rm]

In general, comparing two processors of different architecture based on clock speed is a bad idea. When the two CPUs your looking at are of the same architecture then comparing by clock speed is valid.

And don't be surprised by a huge price difference between two processors based on a marginal increase in clock speed (i.e. intel extreme processors)

When comparing two processors of different architecture it is best to consult benchmarks to see how they compare in different applications.