I have been waiting for a month and a half for this cpu to drop in price but it has remained at £240. When you consider all the dual cpus retailing at not to far off prices isn't it about time they lowered the price for single core cpus? I am about to give in and fork out the cash but am i wise to wait maybe another few weeks?
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AMD 4000+ to drop in price?
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Aj, so that Opteron would a better choice than the amd 4000+? If it is way more overclockable then i would consider spending that little extra.
I should have mentioned this before but i currently own a 3500+ which i believe to be faulty and hence why i am eager to do a slight upgrade and then RMA my 3500+ and sell it (already have a buyer) Dual core is a different world to me at the moment and i would prefer to have the fastest single core cpu and just sit back and upgrade to dual cpu when i am building my next machine. Reading stories that a 3800 dual cpu would be outperformed by a single core 3800 in games doesn't exactly warm me to it. Sure some games my support dual and some may not but that sounds to hit and miss to me so at the moment i want to keep it simple as all i use my PC is for games and nothing else matters.
I should have mentioned this before but i currently own a 3500+ which i believe to be faulty and hence why i am eager to do a slight upgrade and then RMA my 3500+ and sell it (already have a buyer) Dual core is a different world to me at the moment and i would prefer to have the fastest single core cpu and just sit back and upgrade to dual cpu when i am building my next machine. Reading stories that a 3800 dual cpu would be outperformed by a single core 3800 in games doesn't exactly warm me to it. Sure some games my support dual and some may not but that sounds to hit and miss to me so at the moment i want to keep it simple as all i use my PC is for games and nothing else matters.
Oh your recommending the AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache? I thought you were pointing me towards the AMD Opteron UP 150 single core cpu.
Opteron UP 170 is 2.0ghz, if i could have a guarentee that i could clock it to 2.6ghz then i would go for it as it would be worth having that extra oomph from the dual core and i always intended to clock my single core to 2.6ghz so really i would be losing nothing but the extra cash to make that jump to dual core.
Opteron UP 170 is 2.0ghz, if i could have a guarentee that i could clock it to 2.6ghz then i would go for it as it would be worth having that extra oomph from the dual core and i always intended to clock my single core to 2.6ghz so really i would be losing nothing but the extra cash to make that jump to dual core.