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Originally posted by MooseMan3000
It looks good, except I have one question. Doesn't the socket 754 3200 come with 1mb L2 cache? If not, you might consider the 3500, which I'm pretty sure DOES have the 1mb. The L2 cache will make a significant difference. In Socket 939, the L2 has shown to make less of a difference, but since you're going with 754, you might want to look into it. The difference between 512 and 1mb is significant, and definitely worth the price.
I could be wrong, though... maybe all 64s come with 512. Anyone?
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There is an Athlon 64 3200+ with 512 kb of L2 cache as well as a 1 MB version. DEFINITELY get the 1 MB L2 cache version. If you do change your mind and go with socket 939, don't worry about the onboard L2 cache -- the performance gain with socket 939 actually makes the processor slow down with more than 512 kb of L2 cache in some cases. For socket 754, 1 MB is mandatory...nice increase in power with it.
-Lasereth