AMD Opteron 146 Venus any good?

[DaddyDC650]

I want to spend less than 200 bucks on a new cpu to go along with my new EVGA 7800GT card. I'm leaning towards either the 3200+ Venice or the Opteron 146 Venus. Which would give me more bang for my buck? Will the Opteron 146 give me a better chance of hitting 2.6 GHz? I'll be using an ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Motherboard by the way. I know it's a cheap board but I like the fact that it supports both AGP and PCI-express and I really have no need to run sli at the moment. I've heard that ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard overclocks pretty well with some particular bios updates. Btw, is this the 146 Venus cpu? http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?sku=6224603&SourceID=k15506
It's going for 181 bucks there and seems like a great deal but I'm worried because the box looks different compared to what newegg shows.... anyone???

 

[abs0lut3]

yessir...Opteron has better bang for the buck than retail venice in addition to the 1MB L2 cache vs. 512K for the venice.

 

[vanvock]

Welcome. Mine came in the black & green cardboard box. They probably just used an old picture the specs look right. From what I've seen most folks now are getting the CAB2E steppings which seem to be hit or miss for stellar OC's.

 

[DaddyDC650]

Thanks for all of the replies so far. I noticed that the cpu was on back order for that particular website. eCost has it for about 180 after taxes and such. It's labeled as OPTERON UP 146 PIB 939 P. What does the PIB mean?

 

[Zensal]

PIB = Processor in Box I believe. It's the retail kit with the box, heatsink, instructions, etc., as opposed to OEM, which is just the processor.

 

[DaddyDC650]

K thanks folks! Opteron 146 it is!

 

[Shimmishim]

opterons suck.

really. they suck bad.

or do they?...

ignore my sig processor. it's a really crappy opteron.

 

[DaddyDC650]

Hope you're being sarcastic..... lol!

 

[DJSfurry]

hahah yeah i think he is.. my opteron booted straight up to 2.9 and super pi'd.. found out it was stable though, the next day.. haahahahahah but yeah its what im running it at now.. let it burn in a bit, and iwth new ram it might get a bit higher

 

[designit]

I used my PDP XBLK 512 (2x512 defective and RMA'd)and got 2.9 stable using opty 146.
Right now I am using value rams until my XBLK gets here. w/ this 2x256 kit I am doing 2.8 ghz easy. I also have Asrock dual sata II. my next system would be opty 170

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