AMD 64 3500 to Opty?

[Killajaz]

25 of the 165 still in stock with ********. The K8N Diamond is a very good 939 board. You should be able to hit 3.0ghz with a 165

Search for the 165 at this price comparing site and ******** can be found.

 

[GreenMint]

25 of the 165 still in stock with ********. The K8N Diamond is a very good 939 board. You should be able to hit 3.0ghz with a 165

Search for the 165 at this price comparing site and ******** can be found.

I don't have the diamond board, i have the K8 Neo4 Platinum i think Like i said not 100% sure on how to really even OC it, but i see you on MSN killajaz, will bug you later (Aww there's no santa satan smily!)

 

[DasFruitMachine]

Aye I found it on that particular site, but then I found the 170 for only £5 more on another site. Now I wish I had ordered the 165 from the tourette's society (*********) 'cause the other site is no doubt going to be out of stock by the time they process the orders.

The obvious solution is for OCUK to get more opties so we can just buy from them

My Neo2 plat is happy to hit 300 HTT so I should have some jolly good fun regardless of what I get.

 

[Killajaz]

Er I meant Platinum Ivan It is one of the best 939 overclocking boards with the right bios.
FYI, the ASUS A8N-E used to oc my mediocre 165 would hit 300HTT easy. And this board is not even considered a 'major' clocker. With your MSI boards I am convinced the CPU will be hitting the roof first, unless you have no clue what you are doing

 

[Frippy]

Good thread this. I started off with a 3000+ 939 winnie and on an Asrock board I could clock it to 2.4 gig. I sold it and bought a 3800+ which is a Venice core and because the vcore on that chip is higher by default I could not clock it as I could not put enough volts through it with my current board. If I bought the DFI 939 board from Overclockers with its stupidly high Vcore settings, I could probably see 3 gig with it.

IMHO I would get a Opty chip if looking for a replacement.

 

[GreenMint]

Aye, i'm definitely looking for a replacement, i think a £120ish chip that'll extend this system's life as a gaming (wow etc..) internet ready vista work machine will be a good buy in my eyes, i don't play many PC games so am not gonna go over the top with it all, i would just like to go dual core mostly for when more multi core apps become available, to maybe ease the load when vista comes around, and to dump WOW onto one core while working! lol

170 is looking good in my head right now, or would the 165 be an ok choice too?

 

[locutus12]

Good thread this. I started off with a 3000+ 939 winnie and on an Asrock board I could clock it to 2.4 gig. I sold it and bought a 3800+ which is a Venice core and because the vcore on that chip is higher by default I could not clock it as I could not put enough volts through it with my current board. If I bought the DFI 939 board from Overclockers with its stupidly high Vcore settings, I could probably see 3 gig with it.

IMHO I would get a Opty chip if looking for a replacement.

im presuming you have the asrock dual 939 ?

are you dropping the HTT and memory frequencys, i had my venice at 2.7Ghz on air cooling on my asrock, currently running my water cooled opteron 148 @ 2.95Ghz 1.425v on the same mobo.

170 is looking good in my head right now, or would the 165 be an ok choice too?

with your board an opty 165 would prbably get you about 2.7 to 2.8Ghz per core, opty 170 between 2.75 and 3Ghz per core. all depends on the price difference i suppose.

 

[GreenMint]

with your board an opty 165 would prbably get you about 2.7 to 2.8Ghz per core, opty 170 between 2.75 and 3Ghz per core. all depends on the price difference i suppose.

Aye, i'm guessing so, i don't really want it with the mad intentions of going way to the max, just something a bit more than what i have right now ([email protected]) stable as anything, not too hot, an extra core, extra 512kb cache per core, i'm sure you know what i mean, i'm not trying to push it to the extremes, if you think i'll be safe & well pushing an opty 165 to 2.6ghz per core and leaving it there safe, stable & happy (enermax noisetaker 485W psu i believe)

Then just say so Sorry for all the questions & seeming unsure, i just...am!

 

[Nutbusta]

Aye, i'm guessing so, i don't really want it with the mad intentions of going way to the max, just something a bit more than what i have right now ([email protected]) stable as anything, not too hot, an extra core, extra 512kb cache per core, i'm sure you know what i mean, i'm not trying to push it to the extremes, if you think i'll be safe & well pushing an opty 165 to 2.6ghz per core and leaving it there safe, stable & happy (enermax noisetaker 485W psu i believe)

Then just say so Sorry for all the questions & seeming unsure, i just...am!

Personally mate, if the price difference is minimal then I would deffo go for the 170.

btw, I used to have that Enermax PSU and it can provide 36amps on the 12v line I even used it to power this rig whilst overclocked for a week or so.

 

[GreenMint]

Personally mate, if the price difference is minimal then I would deffo go for the 170.

btw, I used to have that Enermax PSU and it can provide 36amps on the 12v line I even used it to power this rig whilst overclocked for a week or so.

Found a 170 for just shy of £140, and a 165 for £115, so £25 difference, hmmm

 

[DasFruitMachine]

You should be able to dig up a 170 for ~£120 if you look hard enough. Whether it's actually in stock remains to be seen, though.

 

[GreenMint]

Yeah, thats the real trick isn't it

 

[Nutbusta]

Found a 170 for just shy of £140, and a 165 for £115, so £25 difference, hmmm

If you can afford the extra £25 then get the 170, if not, get the very acceptable 165 instead

 

[warnea1984]

I went from a 3000+ winne cpu to a opteron 170 now at 2.5Ghz. The chip will go a lot further than 2.5Ghz but at the moment I don't need the speed or the noise from my coolers.

The upgrade was well worth it ands it nice to encode a DVD and still be able to work without lag. Does mean less breaks away from you pc aswell.

The primary reason I upgraded was the 3D rendering work that I needed to do for uni took to long on a single core cpu, duel core did it twice as fast

 

[DasFruitMachine]

As expected, I emerged empty-handed. The tourette's shop emailed me to say that they're sold out