3200+ just arrived, but its a 'ADA3200DAA4BW' ??

madd02 · Post by **madd02** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:41 pm

Hey,
I just recived my new cpu for my hopefully silent pc

I was expecting the last 2 characters of the OPN to be 'BP' but mine has 'BW' javascript:emoticon('

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So i went to amd home and did a search on the link below for my CPU:
http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx

I then selected the details for the CPU i recieved and the CPU i was expecting to see if the specs are different:

BW:
http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop ... 3200DAA4BW

BP:
http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop ... 3200DAA4BP

There are 2 differences:

1> The Max Temp for the BW is 65 where as the BP has a Max Temp of 70 (this is worrying)

2> the Stepping is E6 for the BW and E3 for the BP.

Ok my questions

1) What core is this BW chip ?

2) Should i be worried about the 5 degree max temp difference ?

3) What difference does the stepping have (it sounds like it would affect overclocking)

4) If i asked specifically for a venice core in my order, (i guess this will depend on an answer to number 1) should i be able to return for the BP chip ?

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:06 pm

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=23965

madd02 · Post by **madd02** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:17 pm

Ok, i had seen that post before but didnt make the connection, thanks for the heads up.

I guess my searchs failed as i was looking at the 3200+ option and most of the discussions around this focus on the 3000+.

Anyways... i read the post and am still a bit confused. There appears to be 2 distinct opinions (i say opinion as i saw no real evidence pointing either way).

1. is a fault dual core chip with one core turned of.
2. its a revision on the BP Venice core for certain errata points.

Has anyone found anything concrete that points either way, as to which chip is prefered as a low power SPCR option.

=assassin= · Post by **=assassin=** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:07 am

As far as I've heard (not really fact) the E6's run slightly cooler/slightly more power efficient than E3's, but don't get the same high Overclocks... not sure though really.

madd02 · Post by **madd02** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:29 pm

thanks =assassin=.

Yeah that sounds about right, just would be great to get a source on this.