Comparing San Diego to Opteron.

[sphfaros]

I'm comparing these two processors, which to get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCo...List=N82E16819103412%2CN82E16819103539

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Integrated into Chip FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail

OR

AMD Opteron 246 SledgeHammer 400MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 940 Processor - Retail

 

[RichUK]

you are aware that the opteron is a server processor, and the two "2"46 series is ment to be placed on a mobo with another 2 series opteron, if it is for W/S use then i would recommend that you go for the 3700+... what is your needs for the PC anyway?

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: sphfaros
I'm comparing these two processors, which to get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCo...List=N82E16819103412%2CN82E16819103539

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Integrated into Chip FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail

OR

AMD Opteron 246 SledgeHammer 400MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 940 Processor - Retail

Well, you're comparing apples and oranges. The 246 is for a dual Opteron system (though you can run it by itself), so unless you are building a dual CPU system it's kind of a waste to go there...
What will you be doing with the system?


Edit: Arrrrggghhhh...Rich beat me to the questions. I HATE being redundant!
:|

 

[Vegitto]

If you're thinking of building a 2 CPU system, the only option is the 2xx or the 8xx Opteron Series. 2xx is for systems with a maximum of 2 CPU's, 8xx is for a system with a maximum of 8.

 

[bjc112]

Sannnnnnnnnn Diego....

For the 90nm Overclocking love..

 

[Lord Banshee]

If you are only planning for a Dual CPU machine. Get the Athlon X2 series 4200, 4400, 4600, 4800. These will be cheaper and faster in the long run unless you are planning for Quad CPU power or 16x CPU power this is where the Opteron Dual Cores come in. Personaly i see no need to get the Single Core Opterons any more, unless you only need two CPU and 16GB of RAM, then you get the advantage of Opteron boards using have 8+ slots for memory where the highest i ever seen for Socket 939 is 4 (max of 4-8GB).

 

[sphfaros]

Yea I'm just building a home machine and I was leaning towards the San Diego as well. I did not understand that Opeteron are designed to be run as dual processors; guess I missed something. Thanks for the clarification; going with San Diego.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: sphfaros
Yea I'm just building a home machine and I was leaning towards the San Diego as well. I did not understand that Opeteron are designed to be run as dual processors; guess I missed something. Thanks for the clarification; going with San Diego.

The Opteron 2xx series are meant to be in dual CPU PC's. The 1xx series are the single CPU server/workstation processors. Either way, you don't need an Opteron.

 

[imported_wyrmrider]

you do not need a 1x series opteron UNLESS you require ECC memory for some mission critical app
since you are building a home system go for a venice or san-diego depending on your softwareapplication needs and budget
work out the budget for your whole system including disk speed, video, memory, ups, backup
for most home apps including games the venice will work just fine
Id go for the San Diego only after I had a raptor- for instence (for the box I'm building today)

 

[imported_wyrmrider]

you do not need a 1x series opteron UNLESS you require ECC memory for some mission critical app
since you are building a home system go for a venice or san-diego depending on your softwareapplication needs and budget
work out the budget for your whole system including disk speed, video, memory, ups, backup
for most home apps including games the venice will work just fine
Id go for the San Diego only after I had a raptor- for instence (for the box I'm building today)
for many apps the video card and disk speed is as or more important than the cpu cache size
ps (pun intended) get a really good quality power supply with the correct amount oof watts for your box

wyrmrider