INTEL E3400 Dual Core vs Athlon X4 640

nettles77

Can anyone advise which of these would be the best buy for gaming, multi tasking and dual booting? Thank you.

karl-123

get this mate its got 6mb of cache,

and an unlocked multiplier,so overclocks easy,

it goes to about 3.9 ghz if you want to overclock,

its about the best budget chip around,

i bought a the old 550 black edition phenom a couple of years
ago and its a very nice chip for the money,it cost £ 50 ebuyer,

its bang on mate siya.........:T

http://www.ebuyer.com/198349-amd-phenom-ii-x2-555-black-edition-3-2ghz-socket-am3-6mb-cache-hdz555wfgmbox

GunJack

from CPU benchmarks

Athlon x64 640 = 3483
E3400 @ 2.6GHz = 1754

maybe this gives you a clue