CPU Upgrade?

[wdEvA]

Hey guys,m i'm currently using a A64 3000+ 250x9

As i've some of my friends who are intending to upgrade their system, i'm deciding if i should buy over their current CPU..

Which one should i go for?
Will i see improvement from upgrading to the Opty?
Should i hunt for a X2 4200+ or X2 4400+ ??

Opty 146
X2 3800+

And also, will does Opty Dual core perform better than X2?
If i were to get an X2, what stepping or core should i look out for if i wanna Overclock?

Thanks..

 

[w3bbo]

Opteron were binned higher than there desktop X2 equivelents as they were aimed at the server market whereas X2 were desktop cpus. The enthusiast market soon caught on that the skt 939 opteron were extremely good overclocking chips and cheap so the opterons took the OC world by storm.

Recently however the X2 cores have been clocking just as well and are now cheaper than there opteron eqv.

If I were you I would go for an 3800x2, dual core will outlast single core and if you get a good stepping it will match or exceed a stock fx-60 chip (apart from the 1/2 cache). Head over to the 3800x2 thread and check out the good, the bad and the ugly.

 

[Trilogy]

hi
i went from a venice 3000+ to an opty 148 which i got second hand 4 a hundered pounds and i've never looked back

 

[wdEvA]

Opteron were binned higher than there desktop X2 equivelents as they were aimed at the server market whereas X2 were desktop cpus. The enthusiast market soon caught on that the skt 939 opteron were extremely good overclocking chips and cheap so the opterons took the OC world by storm.

Recently however the X2 cores have been clocking just as well and are now cheaper than there opteron eqv.

If I were you I would go for an 3800x2, dual core will outlast single core and if you get a good stepping it will match or exceed a stock fx-60 chip (apart from the 1/2 cache). Head over to the 3800x2 thread and check out the good, the bad and the ugly.

whats the stepping that i should look out for?

 

[russty]

I bought an x2 4400+ with dual 1MB cache from OcUK.

does 3Ghz with decent air. Look out for steppings with CCBIE06xx they all seem to be averaging around 2.9Ghz to 3Ghz on google.

I am currently run mine at 2.8 Ghz at stock volts(to save electricity). But pushin the voltage to 1.55(only do on good air or water) takes it upto 3Ghz.

you should get a CCBIE if the processor product code starts 'ADV' and not 'ADA'.

Dual core opties running at the same speed are identical in performance to X2's.

OcUK ones say 'ADA' but I got an 'ADV'.

Good Luck

Russty

 

[wdEvA]

oh okie, hmm btw what core is that? and what different cores does the x2 3800+ have?

 

[qwerty07]

Go for the X2 3800+ at the moment due to the lowest DC price