Getting Retail Opteron 165

[AznVenom]

All advice is appreciated and I may OC it but only as far as stock voltage goes.

Basically what is in the title and summary. Use the Zalman or get back my $65 from CompUSA ^__^


Thx

Veno(V)

 

[AznVenom]

wow guys/gals .. not 1 reply >_<

 

[bongsteen]

the stock heat pipe cooler is good enough for 800mhz overclock, might as well spend your sixty five dollars for something else.

 

[Noubourne]

If you don't plan on upping voltage much, the stock cooler is fine.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: AznVenom
All advice is appreciated and I may OC it but only as far as stock voltage goes.

Basically what is in the title and summary. Use the Zalman or get back my $65 from CompUSA ^__^


Thx

Veno(V)

Get back your 65 dollars and WHY are you going AM2??

Get a C2D. Even the cheapball E6300 will PWN the AMD like no tommarrow. Only viable reason to get a AMD now is to do a simple upgrade, like CPU swap, or you dont have money to buy the NEW DDR2 ram. :T But your getting AM2 which has DDR2, so i ask again WHY????


If you live in So. Cali. Wait til friday-sun, goto frys and pick up a C2D combo with board for 169.99 and ditch the AM2 route all together

 

[AznVenom]

Opty 165 is socket939 and the Zalman 9500 AM2 supports socket 939 and 775 compatible.

I already have a socket 939 board and a gig of ram to go along with it and I dont live in Cali.



Veno(V)

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: AznVenom
Opty 165 is socket939 and the Zalman 9500 AM2 supports socket 939 and 775 compatible.

I already have a socket 939 board and a gig of ram to go along with it and I dont live in Cali.



Veno(V)

AHHH its you venom. Reread the old post. I just posted another option. you should get a X2 4400+ 89W TDP version. I posted reason on the other post and its a far better chip.

 

[hytek369]

no love for CNPS9500?

 

[Noubourne]

Originally posted by: hytek369
no love for CNPS9500?

It's a nice cooler, better than stock to be sure.

If he's on stock voltage though, he can OC all he wants and it will cool his chip just fine.

The stock Opty coolers have 4 heatpipes and they're pretty decent.

 

[hytek369]

anyone know of any socket F coolers?

 

[SparkyJJO]

I'm using the zalman CNPS9500 on my opteron 165. The stock cooler was OK but the zalman is better IMO, also once I removed the IHS from the CPU the stock cooler wouldn't work anymore