Dual and quad again amd 550 vs 620

[costerritter]

I have been reading alot on the subject but just wanted to get some personal feedback.
Looking at either buying the phenom ll x2 550
or the athlon x4 620
either way im going to put it into a ASRock M3A770DE Socket AM3/ AMD 770/ CrossFireX/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard


did a quick comparison here seems the 550 beats the 620 most of the time.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=97&p2=106&c=1&i=2.3.4.5.6.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62

Only time the x4 comes out on top is for 3d and hd. I dont understand most of these tests but what I do get makes me sway for the x4 550 because I plan to use this pc mainly for gameing.

Redundent question? or is one really better
thanks for the feedback

 

[chiragsthakur]

unlocked athlon x3 440 to phenom 2 x4 b40.......

 

[RazberyBandit]

Chiragsthakur, did you by any chance ALSO unlock the L3 Cache?

Someone else was able to get both the core and the L3 cache to unlock on an Athlon X3 435.

 

[chiragsthakur]

Athlon X3 440 doesnt have L3 cache... thats why there is 0% possibility of unlocking l3 cache in athlon x3 440. athlon x3 435 had locked l3.... Athlon x3 440 i unlocked is perfectly stable with 4 cores running... i ran prime, everest for 24 hrs and the chip is fully stable. Both Athlon x3 440 and Athlon x3 435 are good chips. But Athlon x3 440 is 3ghz at stock. My athlon x3 440 is now phenom x4 b40 just with a $72 MSi 770T c45 motherboard.....

 

[Userremoved]

Athlon X3 440 doesnt have L3 cache... thats why there is 0% possibility of unlocking l3 cache in athlon x3 440. athlon x3 435 had locked l3.... Athlon x3 440 i unlocked is perfectly stable with 4 cores running... i ran prime, everest for 24 hrs and the chip is fully stable. Both Athlon x3 440 and Athlon x3 435 are good chips. But Athlon x3 440 is 3ghz at stock. My athlon x3 440 is now phenom x4 b40 just with a $72 MSi 770T c45 motherboard.....

Some Athlon II have disabled L3 cache it's rare but you can find one.

 

[JDFan]

Some Athlon II have disabled L3 cache it's rare but you can find one.

I believe that was true with some of the initial chips (as they were not yet mass producing the Athlon II quads without L3 so some of the initial reelease chips had the L3 on the die but the newer chips are made mainly from the Athlon II quads that do not have any L3 on the chip so it is rare to find one that can have the L3 unlocked.

 

[Userremoved]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/278398-28-athlon-dead#t2080200
This guy has one with L3

 

[chiragsthakur]

Athlon x3 440 is based on propus core..it physically doesnt have a L3 cache.. Talking about Athlon x3 435 ..they come in two dies... One of propus which is indicated by "D" as the 3rd letter and one of Deneb which is indicated by "C" as the 3rd letter. SO better choose the right one.. But in India the shopkeepers offer maximum 2 box of processors. So we have to choose one even if they bear "D" as the third letter.

 

[chiragsthakur]

Some Athlon II have disabled L3 cache it's rare but you can find one.

Userremoved.....Sounds funny.........sorry........but In my post its mentioned that athlon x3 440 is a propus based triple core desgn. So l3 cache wont be avilable...Athlon x3 435 has it many times.

 

[costerritter]

wow what a indepth converstation i started
think im going witht eh ll x4 black editon at 3.2ghz
newegg price is only 180. they have a decent mobo for only$60
now i have to pick a heatsink

but it would only make sense that there would be a defect in the other cores for them to sell it with two cores locked.

 

[Starges]

Not necessarily, they might not even be defective.

What mobo are you getting for $60??

 

[costerritter]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
that is the core

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176
is the mobo asrock
killer deal

 

[costerritter]

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