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Im looking for a new processor. I am looking to be able to OC to about 2.8ghz on water and possibly dual core. What would be better? An opteron 165 or somthing along the lines of the X2 series?
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I would pay extra for 3ghzWill Eatforfood said:ummm is it just me? The opteron 165 is only 153.00 on the egg. Not a guarenteed clocker, but cheaper than the classies.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103588
Will I get somewhere around 2.8ghz? Because that would be fine with me. And will it be stable? I have a good wc system and a badass overclocking mobo.rseven said:The X2 you linked is fine. Yes, it has a smaller L2 cache than the Opteron, but it will still provide a decent OC and solid performance. Keep your eyes peeled as there may be some better deals coming down the pike. Check http://www.techbargains.com/ every day.
Well.. I thought at one point you would have followed the nice guide sticky and you would have figured it outObiwanShinobi said:my motherboard is the DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert
http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_pro....jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3872&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP&SITE=US
Im not sure what the max htt is stable. As I cant check it right now due to the fact I have no processor
Immortal_Hero said:DFI = Opty 165, get it. Mine does 2.8 on air. It will boot and is somewhat stable at 2.9 but temps are the problem there (just an Ultra 120) but my mobo won't go high enough to do 3.0 but I think the chip would do it with a little more volts. Stepping is in my sig, came from the Egg's NJ warehouse about a month ago. Mine would do 3.0GHz on water easy.
WonderingSoul said:It is somewhat essential to the overclock of your processor.
It differs for every CPU , each cpu class normaly has one or 2 steepings that overclock better than the restObiwanShinobi said:What does a good overclocking stepping usually say?