http://slashdot.org/articles/03/12/22/1 ... 42&tid=187
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1937
Basically the ones that have a defective cache are sold with 512kb of the good cache left enabled for ~250$ AMD 64 3000+
According to this though, you should wait for the socket 939s to lower in price, since the 754 appears to be a upgrade dead end.
Note- I know next to nothing about the latest developments in computer hardware.
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