differences btwn x2 and opteron

[xgunnas32]

i havent started messing with dualies that much yet, or should i say i need to find this out b4 i do, would some1 PLZ help

 

[TecHNooB]

They should be the same. CPU-Z identifies Opteron 165-180 cores as Toledoes. But you can clock an Opteron 170 to 2.6Ghz with less than 1.4v, whereas your average X2 3800+ can only go up to 2.4Ghz @ 1.45v. The reason the opty 144-148/165-180 chips are cheap is because servers normally use boards that use the 940 pin and can fit multiple chips onto one board. The Opteron 165-180 series is for socket 939 which doesn't have that feature, so it is sold for cheap.

 

[xgunnas32]

thx u, my friend bought a 4400+ 2.75ghz 1.65v and he's whining about the heat when he clocks past that,i've seen ppl talking about opterons @2.7 with lower volts, he better not see this or he's gone blow up

thx for clearing it up

 

[thesurge]

well...to give you an idea (single core wise) my opt 144 (1.8ghz) is good to 2.6 ghz on stock volts but it wont really go past that unless i throw 1.63v at it to get it up to 2.7 which is not worth it. but im content w/ 2.6 on stock. my load temp is 41 which im happy about because i didnt purchase a fancy cooler.

 

[xgunnas32]

haha, that's what im talking about, stock cooling all the way, too lazy, i dun mind dropping some more on a cooler after buying a comp, but taking off the stock heatsink is somewhat of a hassle

but the 144 is more expansive than the 3700+ anyway, same temps and all, but definitely OUCH for my friend who bought the 4400+

 

[thesurge]

ah...that's why you gotta jump on it when it was 130...how much did you nab your 3700 for?

wait do you mean expansive or expensive

 

[xgunnas32]

oops, i prolly messed up on that too then, i got my 3700 for 230 a month ago, the cheapest 144 i found when i dbl checked was 150, still a 80dollar difference, but there is that slight(depends on who u are) difference of 200mhz on the cpu clock for that

and that's just one of the words i spell wrong all the time hehe