Righty, new CPU

[benjo]

Hello all

I've just got myself a new ASRock 939Dual SATA2 motherboard, and all i need now is my CPU.

I reckon i'll have about £140-£150, and i've pretty much narrowed it down to:

AMD Opteron UP 146 San Diego 2.0GHz 1MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-142-AM) £152

Or...

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-150-AM)
and an Artic Cooler Pro.

I'll hopefully be overclocking one of them, and i'm guessing the opty would overclock better.. but its more expensive and clocked lower already.

I'll have to get the new bios for the motherboard aswell.

As far as i know, they're both san diego.. so they should be the same performance once the opteron is clocked to 2.2?

Anyway.. which will clock better, and whats the best for my cash?

Thanks

 

[benjo]

Thanks to the people that didnt change the topic

 

[benjo]

Well the board i'm getting isnt the best at overclocking, but i'd still be able to make use out of a 146?

I'll be ordering soon so i need a few more opinions/facts why the 146 is the way to go!

Cheers

 

[benjo]

just keep in mind the opteron will have 10 multi and the 3700+ an 11 multi so if the board is pants at clocking you will be better opting for a 3700+ imo.

and without going too much off topic i would got for an oem X2 3800 for £30 more

+ a cooler on top of that, would be pushing it for cash I'll see what i have at the time