Ditch the 3400+ and go with an Opteron 144?

TheJollyFellow

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I can OC the 3400+ from 2.2GHz (stock) to about 2.63GHz stable. I can't give my temps because the AV8 has some serious temp display issues, but I imagine they are fine, as my XP-90 barely gets warm during Half Life 2 (OC'd). I've looked at other posts and found that Optys OC a lot better, and that it what I'm gunning for. If I can sell my 3400+ for ~$180, should I buy a Opty 144 or 146?
 

robertk2012

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Get a board that gives you reliable temps first. And if you are going through the trouble of selling your processor go ahead and go dual core.
 

furballi

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I'd keep the current CPU. About 1/2 of the Opti won't exceed 2.6GHz so you have a 50/50 chance of a better overclock. 100 to 200MHz isn't that much of a boost.
 

markkleb

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if ur gonna spend money get memory (2 gigs) or Raid 0, or even a better mobo. My 3700 oc'ed higher on my mobo than my opty 144.

I noticed that cpu's are now seperated by very little diff in speed. The 3000+ and Opty 144 are 1.8ghz And the 3500+ and 3700+ are 2.2ghz.

The biggest diff to me was the 2- 16mb buffer hdd's in raid 0.