What's the difference...

[carbon8ed]

... between the optron 170 dual core, 2.2GHz, 2 x 1MB cache at £381.82

and the Athlon 64 X2 4400+, dual core, 2,2GHz, 2 x 1MB cache at £281.94

Ignore name, price and box colour - whats the difference in terms of architecture, overclockability, thermal output, voltage input etc?

I'm getting very confused with AMD now. Also are the new AM2 processor 940pin? will they work in SMP mode? and will they run with ordinary DDR?

Thanx

 

[carbon8ed]

My Bad I meant Opteron 175

Crucial question with the Opty 175 and X2 4400+

Both at 2.2GHz with 2 x 1MB cache but the 4400+ is £100 quid less.

So why buy an opty 175 (it's a 1 series and s939) most servers are dual s940. So server dopesn't seem right - are they failed 2xx or 8xx chips?

Only diff I seen - is better chips - £100 better chips?