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![]() | My budget is under $2000. I plan on building aw ater cooled system for gaming and work... will probably set up a nice overclock as well. I want the best ratio of performance, ocing, and price. I still can't decide on single or dual core cpu. I was thinking of getting a 3700+ san diego since I heard it was well suited for what i'm looking for. My watercooling setup will include a 2x120mm black ice xtreme or maybe 3x120 bix.... so I have alarge cooling capacity. Was then thinking of getting a dfi sli+dr or expert motherboard. I think I may wait until next month for the next series of gpus as well. |
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| At-Whore | Get a Socket 939 Opteron. Most of them can hit 3.0Ghz on air and run it 24hr stable. I would go with the 148 because it's got an 11x multiplier and 1MB cache (just like the 3700+ you're looking at). It should cost about the same.
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Do opterons perform as well as their equivalent speed in an amd 64? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Well, my Opteron performs better than an FX57 and only cost 200 bucks. Hard to beat that. However, I think you may be on the tail end of the Opteron craze and would be hard pressed to find a highly overclockable stepping. Not sure what is being released right now. |
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Actually some of the newer batches of the CAB2E 0540 are out performing the CABYEs. I have both a CABYE and CAB2E and my CAB2E outperforms my CAYBE. CAB2E runs 2.8-2.9 at stock vcore. Best bet is to check ebay for some steppings. If you are forced to I would try Monarch.
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![]() | Thanks for the responses So the opterons are really the way to go... I would get a dual core- so does overclocking potential increase by any significant amount above an opteron 165? How futureproof are these compared to lets say a amd x2 or fx chip? Last edited by JKPCtech; 07-January-06 at 03:10 PM. |
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I think those are the good ones. If I were you, i'd got with something with a higher multiplier, like a 170. An Opteron IS an Athlon 64...it is just made of choice silicon for stability in Workstation and Server applications. The core is basically an FX core.
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Are there any comparrisons between a 165 and 170? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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