Amd Athlon 4400+ Confused?

[Nanfeishen]

Came across the following:
At Take2 and at Jump (which seems to link to Take2)
the specs on the chip give Level 1 as 2x128k and a level 2 as 2x1mb,
Yet/but at
Buy computers and prophecy, it gives the specs as level 1 2x128k and level 2 as 2x512kb
Now i do know that the 939 4400+ had a level 2 of 2 x1mb, but i was under the impression that the AM2 range did away with the level 2 , 1mb in the 4400+ cpu's

anybody know which is which?

http://www.take2.co.za/product.php?id=1763376
http://www.jump.co.za/Category/Computers/Components/107/Brand__AMD/Page__11/

http://www.buycomputers.co.za/default.asp?catname=specials&myselect=all
http://www.prophecy.co.za/socket-athlon64-dual-core-4400-2300mhz-dual-core-p-21365.html

 

[Sapphiron]

There are 2 4400+ AMD CPU's

the old one was a 2x1MB 2.2ghz processor using 85W (Windsor core)

the new one is a 2x512k 2.3Ghz processor using only 65W (Brisbane Core)

Forget about those CPU's, best bang for buck is at 4800+ (2.5Ghz)

If you still want 2x 1Mb cores then you will have to go up to the 5200+ (2.6ghz 65W) or the 5600+ (2.8ghz 85W)


I would prefer the 65W models, I like the fact that the CPU's run at nearly Room temperature

 

[tian.]

btw, the extra 512kb cache per core really makes little to no difference in most applications, rather go for the highest clock speed you can.

 

[DragonLogos]

Is that room temp for Dragons or humans? tend to like things a bit toasty - nothing like getting warm on a cold day... svch as today in fact

 

[DragonLogos]

up in smoke, thats were my money goes - only another 25 posts to go.... long road to

 

[tian.]

Is that room temp for Dragons or humans? tend to like things a bit toasty - nothing like getting warm on a cold day... svch as today in fact

[Off-Topic]

lol, when it gets cold in my room i just start encoding dvds or get Prime95 going

rather nice with the one computer below my desk warming my legs

other one's a c2d, and is pretty much useless for warming anything up

[/Off-Topic]

 

[The_Techie]

My server's Pentium4 2.8GHz heats the room nicely

 

[Nanfeishen]

If you still want 2x 1Mb cores then you will have to go up to the 5200+ (2.6ghz 65W) or the 5600+ (2.8ghz 85W)

According to Take2 the price diffs is basically R50 between the two,

Does the 20W diffs make a huge difference heat wise?

 

[XCalibre]

Yes it does, +- 10 degrees

 

[martmeister]

I can certainly concur with room temperature, I intially thought the MB sensor was wrong. Mine rarly goes over 20 with stock cooling.

Thanks for the headups on the 2x1mb or 2x512kb. I always wondered about that making a difference.

 

[The_Techie]

Yeah, my 3800+ (single core ) runs at about 23'C...

 

[killadoob]

what u using to measure these temps?

 

[eye_suc]

tongue...? if it hurts, it might be hotter than say... 50 degrees?

 

[martmeister]

what u using to measure these temps?

Motherboard monitor and the BIOS.

 

[DragonLogos]

mother tongue