What is the difference between AMD cpu's?

There are so many such as Winchester, Venice, Opteron, San Diego, etc. I am looking to get socket 939 cpu and mobo but there are so many options. What can i get the best performance out of after ocing?

try the opteron is you want sweet price/performance.

Clawhammer, NewCastle,Winchester, Venice, San Diego, Manchester and Toledos are all code names for cores, they don't represent a specific CPU.
Right now there are three choices for CPUs:
1. Cheapo: Athlon64 3000+/3200+ (Based on Venice core)
2. Not too cheap, but great performance/overclockability: Opteron s939 model 144 or 146 (Based on San Diego core)
3. Rather expensive, but best overall performance and futureproofness: Athlon64 X2 3800+ or 4400+, 4200+ is not worth it as it has same cache size as the 3800+ (Based on Manchester or Toledo cores repectively. There are many 3800+s based on Toledo cores with only 512KB L2 on each core instead of the full blow 1MB L2 for each core on the 4400+ and 4800+).

which opteron is really good for oc?

aznkc730 said:

which opteron is really good for oc?

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Either should overclock the same.

aznkc730 said:

which opteron is really good for oc?

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There are three single core socket 939 opterons, 144, 146 and 148. There are also dual core 939 opterons. Beware that there are also 144 and 146 opterons that are socket 940. Confused yet?

starrwsn, to the Forum!

rseven said:

There are three single core socket 939 opterons, 144, 146 and 148. There are also dual core 939 opterons. Beware that there are also 144 and 146 opterons that are socket 940. Confused yet?

starrwsn, to the Forum!

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yeah i placed the order for a 940 opteron thx but too late. Now i have no other choice than ebay the thing as monarch wants to charge me 25% of restocking fee.