AMD Dual-Core Opteron 165

[ganstakillerz]

Howdy all.

Anyone brought one of these and if so what kinda of speed are you getting?

Also is £160 new, good for this type of chip as overclockers don't seem to have any opterons?

 

[ganstakillerz]

Thanks guyz.

Yes that could be true that they may have cheaper Dual core Opterons, but that will be second hand. Trying to find brand new stock is very hard, most places if they do have stock is well expensive and most only have like 1 or 2 in stock so will keep the price high.

Thanks for the stepping info tis good to know. Will hopefuly find out what stepping I have today.

By the way what cooler did you use for air cooling. Just got myself a Artic freezer pro 64 should hopefully do the trick.

 

[ganstakillerz]

Hi Guys

Just got the two chips they are:-

CCBBE 0617FPMW

AND

CCBWE 0601UPMW

Which will work out to be the better of the two please?

Thx Guys.

 

[ganstakillerz]

Just tested 165

CCBBE 0617FPMW will be by far the best as the CCBBE is a good memory controller. They also seem to run cooler so will suit your arctic freezer

Cheer for the information much appreciated.

Finally did some initial testing with the 165 and have got to 2.7Ghz with ease at default Vcore and running ram at 1T 1:1 Dimm 2.6

DFI LN DR SLI, Geil One TCCD 1.5 4-4-7 ram (although not running them at that speed!), 2x 6800 Ultra.

Aqua Mark at that speed 115K.

Temps are at idle 38 degrees and load for 30min 44-47 degrees. (Artic Freezer Pro 64).

Tested breifly at 2.8 on default Vcore and thats fine but I suspect ram need tweaking as Super Pi at 1M and Aqua bombs out.

 

[ganstakillerz]

Have you tried running a mem divider to see how far you can push the chip?

Started to use a divider at 2.8Ghz tried 166 and 150 so far. I suspect it just a question of tweaking the settings as DFI mboards have a ton load to mess about with.

Will let you know what results I get this eveing.

 

[ganstakillerz]

The 0617 are supposed to be the best 165 optys yet!
Where did you find these retail for that price? mail me plz.

My CCBWE 0551 VPMW which was considered a decent stepping when I got it in March manages 2.76 on 1.5v 8m PI stable.
Rather poor compared to the newer ones. If I get hold of a 0617 I can always sell this one as they are rare and seriously expensive here in sweden

I was offered £185 plus a PNY6600GT with fitted Zalman for my X1800XT!
Insane...

Tried to PM ya but for some odd reason says I do not have access to this page???

I tried putting a sort of link without directly referring to it as I don't want to break house rules but I think it was taken off.

PM me and I'll reply.

So far been burning in the Oppy 165 at 2.7 - 1.3 Vcore, Vdimm 2.6 1:1 no dividers. temps idle 38-40 and Load 45-48.

Played Battlefield 2 for 2hrs at 1280 x 1024 and all high levels. No problems what so ever.

Heres a question for you techies.

I got a x2 3800 and read that are suppose to be better than the 165 (debatable) the question is how come I get crashes and crap game play from the x2 3800 and have to install a load of updates and patches, yet my good old oppy I just bunged into the system booted up and away I go?

Seems to me the x2 3800 are highly overated? Haven't o/c the x2 3800 yet but may do at a later date.

 

[ganstakillerz]

Great job guys with the info.

Yup if you get a similar stepping to the one I posted and for those of you with dfi mboards, then my conclusion is that that memory is the failing factor and not the chip.

I can quite easily boot up at 2.8 on stock vcore but super pi and aqua both bomb out.(and thats at default vcore. I have tried increasing vcore but doesn't do much except increase temps)

I have been checking other forums who have posted results with the same steppings or similar and have found all ocing to 3ghz+ on air on just over 1.35 volts.

The major difference between them and me is the ram. I got Geil One TCCD samsung chips DDR400MHz CAS 1.5-2-2-5 and DDR 600MHz CAS 2.5-4-4-7.
Those guys running are mainly running ocz and Mushkin ram and are either 2 x 1G sticks or 2x 512MB sticks.

I will play round more with my ram and see how far I can go but looks like a ram upgrade to make use of this amazing chip.

Beats the hell out my x2 3800.

Will also get some screen shot for next post hopefully.

Ubernoob - what stepping did you get please?

Ugly ferret - what kinda of stepping are you using I.e ram, mboard etc. if using DFI what mem settings you using please?

Booner - what stepping please?

 

[ganstakillerz]

Booner,

CCBWE's are generally not very god overclockers and that 2.6ghz for that chip is about right from what I've seen so far with people having that stepping.

Because you have water cooling its helping you to achieve 2.6ghz. I've seen worst clocks than that with some just about getting stable at 2.4-2.5Ghz.

That stepping isn't great mainly for two reasons heat and the memory controller.