Opty OC'ing on air

[NightmareXX]

How easy is it to get an Opty 165 OC'd on just air?

Do they require water after a certain point due to the heat they push out and I assume they'd need a special cooler? I.e. not the stock one that comes with them.

Lets take my case as an example.
2 80mm fans on front blowing into the case at 2700 RPM
2 80mm fans rear sucking out of case at 2700 RPM
GFX card fan (Big artic cooler thing)

Oh and how easy are they to OC?

 

[NightmareXX]

Ok upon reading the various other topics I see what you mean

I assume that an opty @ ~3GHz is much better then an intel at 3GHz?

And the OC'ing ability depends on the motherboard, correct?

 

[NightmareXX]

Ouch.

So what would the best mobo be for a opty if I was going to OC it?

I've read somewhere else that the DFi nF4 series are a good buy.

I checked the DFi site and none of their mobo's say that they support opties. I assume they do though?

 

[NightmareXX]

Oh good

I've done a bit of looking around on the web and only found 1 site that sells the 939 optys!!

Guess which one it is? *Points to address bar*

Anyway, I found the DFi NF4 Infinity to be a fairly cheap solution for the 939 opteron problem (Around £60 from another company )

Would that be fine as far as OC'ing would go for the opty?

 

[NightmareXX]

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Only thing I find with OcUK is that, yes they generally tend to get the best of everything but in doing so its all really expensive I have to go to other places to find components.

 

[NightmareXX]

Yea I can agree with that and they should have the option for a free delivery over x amount of £££'s

I've been discussing an upgrade in another topic here.

@Squidge: Yea but being only 16 I don't have one yet