Opty 146 or Athlon 3700 ?

[Old Wino]

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[Mikey1280]

Depends on motherboard. If you have a good motherboard that can do 300 fsb then it doesnt matter, but if your board stops at 270-280 then get the 3700 due to higher multi.

 

[Old Wino]

Cheers Mikey

That's the kinda stuff I was after

 

[Cyber-Mav]

yep as above if your board can do high htt then opty may work out better. if board is limited to 270-280htt then go for the higher multi cpu

 

[turbotoaster]

also have a look around and see what speeds people are hitting with these chips because if there are a really good batch of 3700 out then id pick them, or the other way round, because ya cant assume that all 146,3700s will overclock the same

 

[Old Wino]

Thanks, am leaning towards the 3700 ATM, just need a cheap MB to go with it.

Was looking at the ASRock dual (huuuuge thread over in the MOBO section) but it seems to be a bit lame for overclocking

 

[Cyber-Mav]

with the latest beta bios its quite good for overclocking. also its only worth getting that board if you currently have a agp card. otherwise there are other boards out there that are the better option.

 

[james.miller]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17567113

same principles apply here. The sd has a higher multiplier than the 144 or 146 opterons, so its easier to overclock it on an fsb-limited motherboard. 273fsb will get you 3ghz.

youd need 300mhz and 334mhz for 3ghz for the 146 opteron and the 144 respectively (x10 and 9x multys)