What opteron should i get?

BLUE|MOON · 8 Jun 2006 at 08:53

lo,

I have a opteron 148 2.2 currently the cabbage version and it overclocks to about 2.7ghz. However im looking to build a second system and this chip would be going in the second one. I will be looking for a new cpu and wanted to stick with opteron ideally, dont really want to wait for conroe.

What opteron can you suggest?

It will be cooled via Zalman water cooler.
Using gskill 2gb ram
x1900xt 512mb.

Thanks.

BTW: Im looking to spend around 350 on cpu and mobo, maybe a little less.

Mikey1280 · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:10

Well the choices are the 165 or the 170. What board are you getting?

BLUE|MOON · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:18

Whatever you can recommend?

Ideally i wanted to stay away from DFI, the 2 ultra-d's ive had: both the chipset fans failed within a month, one came with a fault bios chip and nothing would boot.

However, if DFI is the best option then thats what ill go for.

My gfx card is a x1900xt 512mb pci-e, wont be running in crossfire.

Mikey1280 · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:38

Well you will need a good board if you get the 165 due to the 9 multi, anything over 2.7 will need a board than can do 300HTT. The 170 is the safer bet if the boards not great.

easyrider · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:40

Get the DFI Expert and the opty 170 like me

Mikey1280 · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:43

easyrider said:
Get the DFI Expert and the opty 170 like me

Expert and 170 is £420, he wants to spend £350 or less

easyrider · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:47

AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£249.95 £249.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£54.60 £54.60
Subtotal £304.55
VAT £53.30
Total £357.85

I would pay the extra for the 10x multi on the 170 over the 165

BLUE|MOON · 8 Jun 2006 at 10:21

Thanks a lot,

Is the asus board good for overclocking?

What will i be able to overclock the chip too?

BLUE|MOON · 8 Jun 2006 at 10:26

Also would that cheap intel chip that you can overclock the hell out of be an option?

easyrider · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:25

BLUE|MOON said:
Thanks a lot,

Is the asus board good for overclocking?

What will i be able to overclock the chip too?

I would pay the extra for a DFI mobo

easyrider · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:25

BLUE|MOON said:
Also would that cheap intel chip that you can overclock the hell out of be an option?

keep with the opty IMO

BLUE|MOON · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:35

What DFI mobo should i get?

Jay_t · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:47

BLUE|MOON said:
What DFI mobo should i get?

DFI expert

Mikey1280 · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:47

Do you want sli/crossfire?

BLUE|MOON · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:48

I will just be running 1 x x1900xt 512mb pci-e

easyrider · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:56

get the ultra D then at 88 quid

Mikey1280 · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:20

And replace the chipset fan if you're worried about it breaking again

Stelly · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:20

easyrider said:
I would pay the extra for a DFI mobo

me too

Stelly

a1ex2001 · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:44

easyrider said:
I would pay the extra for a DFI mobo

I wouldn't! I've found them to be far to fiddly in terms of finding the most stable options. I've got an asus and with the higher multi opterons they do fine.

easyrider · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:47

a1ex2001 said:
I wouldn't! I've found them to be far to fiddly in terms of finding the most stable options. I've got an asus and with the higher multi opterons they do fine.

Thats what overclocking is about !

And you WILL NOT get a more stable mobo than a DFI

In a league of their own.