AM2

[screwballl]

if you had the choice, get the lower wattage version, that is the ONLY real difference.
As long as it is the low draw AM2 socket and the Brisbane core then you should be good to go.
Brisbane is 65nm and Windsor is 90nm

[simple_inhibition]

Go with brisbane. they run slightly cooler and overclock slightly better than windsor

[gvblake22]

As Screwballl mentioned, the Brisbane is made on a 65nm process while Windsor is a 90nm part. The 65nm chips should use slightly less power and run a little cooler, but they will perform nearly identical. Infact, the 90nm Windsor may outperform 65nm Brisbane chips by a hair in some cases (see review part one and part two for more info), but that is really only because the latency of the L2 cache on the Brisbane chips was tweaked slightly slower for whatever reason.

[yurimxpxman]

In addition to what Blake said, keep in mind that since the 65nm processor runs cooler, it has a tendency to be a better overclocker for those of us who use air cooling.

[onebxr]

thanks for the articles blake, that clears up alot of my confusion. I still feel like I ride the short bus, but I am getting better.
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[screwballl]

its ok, some of them are nice

[onebxr]

WOW that is a nice bus, I ride to school on a short yellow dog. I bet that thing has a loo.
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[One4yu2c]

I just built a rig for a family member using the 65W 3800+ X2 and it ran uber cool. Was neat to feel cold air being exhausted out the top blow hole in the case.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by One4yu2c

I just built a rig for a family member using the 65W 3800+ X2 and it ran uber cool. Was neat to feel cold air being exhausted out the top blow hole in the case.

Doesn't that always happen? Hell my PSU blows cool air. Maybe thats because I have the back of my rig facing an open window.

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Doesn't that always happen? Hell my PSU blows cool air. Maybe thats because I have the back of my rig facing an open window.

No, I generally feel warm air being exerted on rigs with a top blow hole, unless the PC as a whole sports exceptional airflow overall. The 3800+ X2 machine in question was built in a Wave Master with no side blow hole. When I originally got the case, it housed an FX-53 system, and I most definitely felt warm air from the top (though the supplementary components were more high end than what went into this build).