I am making a computer. I am gonna put an AMD 64 in it. I am gonna be playing alot of games. What Core should I get? Should I get a 3500+ Venice or a 3700+ San Diego? AMD Athlon 64 3300+ 512 MB DDR SDRAM ATI RADEON 9700 Pro Samsung 160GB HDD Windows XP Home Edition

3000+ Venice ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

Why the 3000+? AMD Athlon 64 3300+ 512 MB DDR SDRAM ATI RADEON 9700 Pro Samsung 160GB HDD Windows XP Home Edition

The 3000+ Venice sells for about $146, the 3500+ Venice goes for about $219. The minor difference isn't performance isn't worth the extra $73. The 3700+ San Diego sells for $273...you may be able to make a case for 1MB L2 vs 512k L2, but is it worth the extra $127 over the 3000+ Venice? Depending on how much RAM you have & what you use your system for, that extra money might be better invested in a RAM upgrade, or possibly a better video card. ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

Jam is correct. Put your money into good memory;GSkill Graphic card; 7800GTX Motherboard; DFI nF4 Venice 3000+ will get you ~2.6 to 2.8Ghz Venice 3000+ @305x9 HTT 4X 1:1, 2.5-3-3-6 (2x512) 1.6V Vcore, 100% air cool tops out 48°c (25°C room, and I paid $139 for the chip.

"The minor difference isn't performance isn't worth the extra $73." *** I meant, The minor difference IN performance isn't worth the extra $73. ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

The 3000 is an awesome value. Before I got my FX-57, I had my 3000 oc'ed to 2.8 on air, and 2.94 on liquid cooling. I have pictures to prove it in case any of you are skeptical, too. :)