Are Opterons still worth it?

[firewolfsm]

they've gone up in price by about $70 recently (the 146s at least). now, a 3200 can be found for cheaper than a 144, and since the 3200 has the higher multiplier, it might even OC better.

what do you think?

 

[chinkgai]

opterons avg oc is higher than regular a64s

plus they have 1mb cache vs 512 in the one ur speaking of

better deal or not is entirely up to u of how much u value 70 dollars

 

[themusgrat]

If overclocking, they are. If not, no. Especially with the latest batch of 165s at least, you almost have a guaranteed 300mhz FSB overclock.

 

[firewolfsm]

bump, i want to know if a 10x mult. is better than a higher average FSB OC, A64s are not that bad at OCing anyway

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
bump, i want to know if a 10x mult. is better than a higher average FSB OC, A64s are not that bad at OCing anyway

I would take the higher FSB with a lower multi...and all of my non-Opty chips have performed better in this configuration. The memory bandwidth is higher in this configuration but I have noticed that the Disk I/O seems to be slightly lower in syn benchmarks...JMO

 

[TecHNooB]

They're getting a tad expensive now. Might as well save up and go quad core!

As you can see from my profile, I got a dual core cpu and its not the multitasking beast people say it is. That or my RAM is to blame. Or some other component in my system..

 

[chinkgai]

need a good hdd and lotsa ram for multitasking lots

but even then...two cores will do so much

its a "beast" when compared to single core, is most likely what you're hearing

 

[Sunrise089]

I think they are as good of a deal as ever, you just have to be on the lookout for a good price, since they change so quickly. I just received my 144 retail, and it cost me $150 shipped. As far as single core goes, I can't think of much better than a chip that will likely overclock past 2.7ghz with a meg of cache for $150. I would need at least an Athlon 64 3700+ at that price before I gave up the Opteron. That said, the reason to buy the Athlon 64 is if you need a chip "right now" since Opteron's move in and out of stock.