opteron upgrade or not

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Is it worth getting a 148 opteron. My present system is a K8N NEO2 with a win3200@2700 stable

I have a good water cooling setup DD on 800xtpe Rbx on cpu.

I only play games online.

Thanks for any suggestions John

 

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Well seeing that you got water, these opterons under air can hit up to 3.2ghz on air, i could imagine you'll be getting higher than that on a oppy. Along with the 1mb L2, it will be one of those upgrades that you probaly don't need, but have to have. I got a 3700+ San Deigo, 300x9 stable and I want to get one, almost pondering doing it.

 

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Aren't opterons designed more for servers or workstations, not really PC use?

 

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The current Opterons that everyone is hyping about is simply a slower (in ammount of mhz) San Deigo cored Athlon 64. The reason why people are hyping so hardcore over these is they are made out of much finer material & waffer. Ultimately giving you a much MUCH better OC than the Venice & San Diegos. Basicly they are the same thing as 3700+/4000+ San Deigos just slower, they have the same core, same cache, slightly lower mhz, much better memory controller & much cheaper.

 

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Opteron 148

Opteron 148
BADLY 0528 GPMW yes Kokue Prime 3404 MHz @ 1,47v
No_Name 0528 GPMW NO ? Prime 3157 MHz @ 1,63v
Timewarp82 0528 GPMW NO Wakue dual Prime 3113 MHz @ 1,56v
Dopierdalacz 0536 GPMW NO Wakue Prime 3113 MHz @ 1,63v
Ballater 0528 GPMW yes Wakue Tripple Prime 3108 MHz @ 1,53v
Milliardo 0528 GPMW yes Wakue Tripple Prime 3100 MHz @ 1,47v
Fata 0528 GPMW yes Wakue dual Prime 3060 MHz @ 1,55v
freestylercs 0536 GPMW yes Wakue Prime 3000 MHz @ 1,52v
Milliardo 0528 GPMW yes Wakue Tripple Prime 2900 MHz @ 1,44v
MikeKort 0536 GPMW yes Lukue Prime 2900 MHz @ 1,48v

http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=163372

 

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Alrighty then...

 

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and those are ALL air?

 

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SteveLord said:

and those are ALL air?

Click to expand...

Lukue=Air, Wakue=Water (with number of fans on radiator), Kokue=Phase. see here for other models as well.

 

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looks like one is on air only and I'm in the same boat about weather or not to make the plunge as I'm on san diego 3700+ @2.86 1.57volts, decisions decisions. what do you think?

 

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Broke down and orderd a148.
If it hits 3000 i hope to get faster shooting power in ut3.
Need time to put in a bigger more psi water pump then elim1048
Thinking of 2 pumps just in case impeller brakes
Will try k8n neo 2 nf3 first, good old agp board.
board not the most stable above 283 or so.

 

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I would really really suggest to get a different board . Neo2 just wont be able to cut it for you mate. Opterons need a bit different alpha timing settings than normal sandy and venice cores. DFI NF4 or NF3 would be the perfect board for you with the opteron. I know coz Im running one atm .

 

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Just took out winne after a year of use @2700.
Set default vcore 135 137 volts
Put in 148 cabye.
Started at 273*11 3003.
Raised to 279 3069 got bsod in pie.
Increase volts to 1.424.
Reset to 275 3013 played online for 2 hrs.
Need to up the volts next.
Feels smoother in games etc maybe the extra L2
Only 300+ more speed in a years time.