Which Athlon 3400+ (64-bit) would you choose?

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Just was reading about the K8 core, and saw there were 3 version of the
3400+.

1) 2.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit wide
2) 2.4GHz, 512K L2 Cache, 64-bit wide
3) 2.2GHz, 512K L2 Cache, 128-bit wide

Each one has its own advantage, #1 has more L2 cache, #2 has more clock
speed, but #3 has a effective Quadrupled bus speed, so that while 1 & 2
would be running at 2x200 FSB, 3 is running at 4x200.

So, what would be the best choice, more L2 cache, more clock speed, or more
bus bandwidth?
 
Anonymous Joe :) said:
Just was reading about the K8 core, and saw there were 3 version of the
3400+.

1) 2.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit wide
2) 2.4GHz, 512K L2 Cache, 64-bit wide
3) 2.2GHz, 512K L2 Cache, 128-bit wide

Each one has its own advantage, #1 has more L2 cache, #2 has more clock
speed, but #3 has a effective Quadrupled bus speed, so that while 1 & 2
would be running at 2x200 FSB, 3 is running at 4x200.

So, what would be the best choice, more L2 cache, more clock speed, or more
bus bandwidth?
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Where did you read this?
 
Just was reading about the K8 core, and saw there were 3 version of the
3400+.

1) 2.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit wide
2) 2.4GHz, 512K L2 Cache, 64-bit wide
3) 2.2GHz, 512K L2 Cache, 128-bit wide

Each one has its own advantage, #1 has more L2 cache, #2 has more clock
speed, but #3 has a effective Quadrupled bus speed, so that while 1 & 2
would be running at 2x200 FSB, 3 is running at 4x200.

So, what would be the best choice, more L2 cache, more clock speed, or more
bus bandwidth?
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Only 3400+ I've seen for sale in that list is #1.

FWIW I ran CPUMARK 99 on a couple AMD64 systems I have here, cpu99
benchmarks the mobo, cpu, L1/L2 caches and ram.

3000+ @ 2020MHz
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/1.20 @ 202x10
1GB PC3500 @ 2-3-3-7
Score: 231

3000+ @ 2200
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/1.20 @ 220x10
1GB PC3500 @ 2-3-3-7
Score: 250

3400+ @ 2200
Soyo K8USA Dragon Ultra @ 200x11
1GB PC3200 @ 2-3-3-7
Score: 278

3400+ @ 2200
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R/1.20 @ 200x11
1G PC3200 @ 2-3-3-7
Score: 279

Cheers,
Ed
 
Anonymous said:
So, what would be the best choice, more L2 cache, more clock speed, or more
bus bandwidth?
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none - i bought the 3200+ which is like half the price, and still
heller-fast at 2GHz, 1MB L2 :)
 
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