ANOTHER Opty vs. San Diego Thread...

[Crism]

Well because the 165 is off of Newegg and the 165 is $332 on Monarch, which would be better here?

San Diego 3700+ @ $233.00
Venus Opteron 148 @ $222.00

They operate at the same frequency and I bet the Opteron overclocks more but I just want to be sure. How's the Venus core do OC wise? It'll be paired with an A8N-SLI Premium and my 1GB Corsair TCCD set of memory.

 

[The Green Bean]

I would still get the 165 from monarch.

But from these two, I would get the opteron because opterons are server grade chips, more thouroughly tested, better silicon and more likely to overclock better.

 

[Crism]

Good Point...With a 7800GTX I'd be prepared for the future games too

 

[Lithan]

My 148 got here overnight from newegg, and is priming 2750 right now @ 1.5vcore (Haven't tried lower vcore or higher clocks YET, so might do even more.)

Nothing goes wrong? I may finally have a chip to stick with until I move to Next GEN dual core. (I'm probably not gonna bother with this gens dual core unless prices tank at least $100.

 

[CP5670]

What week/stepping did you get? I'm thinking of ordering one of those too.

[edit] never mind, just saw your post in the other thread. I haven't seen any 0542s before; will be interesting to see how far they go.

 

[PCBliss]

ZZF has the 146 for $189 shipped still... mine arrived today... CABYE 0540

 

[Rustler]

my 148 CABYE does 2.8GHz on stock voltage. If I had the choice I would go for the Opteron.

 

[Skott]

Well, putting price aside the Opty is the better chip performance wise and in OCing. So if you want best in performance go Opty.