latest batch of 3700+, how do they overclock?

[Hesky82]

Hi guys, how are people getting on with overclocking the latest 3700+? I’m sure loads of people bought them when they were on special a week or so ago.
I persuaded my mate to buy an ultra-d and the cheapest San Diego. At 55 bux it seemed silly not to get him to upgrade now. The stepping is a kab1e 0606 and a new one on me, so i will be interested to see how it scales

 

[Hesky82]

pretty sure the last opteron single core steppings are still CAB's not KAB's, always been that way.

 

[Hesky82]

AM2 Opteron 1210 single core server cpus are now available but the price is a little excessive

Rob H

opteron 1210 is a dual core not single

Do you know if there's going to be a san diego for AM2 or are they just releasing the single core venice's and the x2's?

only have the am2 orleans core which has 512 L2 cache like the old venice and winchester before that

 

[Hesky82]

if thats prime stable thats a good chip

 

[Hesky82]

I have a 3700+ at 3GHz and although its very nice I wouldn't swap this duo for anything

Not money, a new car, fame or anything.

<did someone say new wife?>

you'll drop that duo quicker than a hot potato when intel release there quad cores

 

[Hesky82]

tbh, its not worth going 2nd hand when there at these sort of prices.

 

[Hesky82]

depends what you want out of your 2nd system really, I would go for either the 3700+ San Diego or the 3200+ Venice simply because of there price.

 

[Hesky82]

It will be for my mum later after I had a little play with it. see how far i can O/C it.

i recon the Venice would be all you need in that case. they overclock well, and really wouldnt be noticeably slower than a San Diego, save the tenner dude.

 

[Hesky82]

Double the cache is near equal to an extra 200mhz on an overclock. So you can always overclock to compensate, but in this case a Venice will have to clock over 3.2ghz to level peg with these latest 3700+'s, a mean feet to say the least!

 

[Hesky82]

E4 stepping 3700+ uses a San Diego core, while the E6 stepping 3700+ uses a Toledo dual core with an entire core disabled, in practice would have the same performance to that of a San Diego.
in oc terms there wouldnt be much in it.