better choice? X2 4400 or Opteron 165

[sprtfan]

I'm looking for a new proc for my Asus-Sli deluxe mobo and wanted to know which of these similarly priced items would be better. I'm going to be doing a lot of audio and video encoding and is why I wanted to go with a proc with a larger cache. With out overclocking I would guess that the x2 4400 would be the better choice but with overclocking would the opteron 165 be better?

 

[KyaAvalanche]

Truth is up to you and how far you are willing to go. The Opty is a beefier chip and over clocks very well and high. I picked the 4400+ becuase I wanted to start from a higher clock so I didn't have to over clock it too high to get it where I want it... Even though there is no problem over clocking the Opty high I feel that it is alot of stress on it.

 

[sprtfan]

Thanks for the feedback. It looks like you had pretty good results overclocking the X2 4400. I think a lot of Opty 165 were getting a similar overclock so the 2 may be pretty even over all. The X2 4400 is a little cheaper at this point and I'll probably go that route. thanks

 

[inveterate]

Optys got better chance to OC. they not fo sho. servers demand stability thats why stock is clocked SOO low. but still.