need help finding a processor

[kevinf2090]

is there any where that i can still buy a athlon 64 x2 processor for socket 939, right now it is hard to find, do you guys know of any place besides ebay

 

[o1die]

There's a few still listed in pricewatch. Your best option is opteron dual cores. Newegg and mwave still have some for less then $200. Be sure your motherboard supports opteron before ordering.

 

[kevinf2090]

ya i saw the opterons too, and i have always thought that they were server processors, are they not?

 

[prosser13]

They are but they are compatible with most motherboards and many are highly overclockable

 

[customcoms]

Opteron 165 is your best bet...only AMD processor worth buying IMO (for a final CPU upgrade for S939....the AM2 Platform is really only a budget option IMO until we see native quad core from AMD-hopefully at cheap prices!).

http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?q=Opteron+165

Latest CCBBE steppings hitting 2.7-2.8ghz on stock voltage and stock cooling on good boards (DFI namely, but Asus and Epox should be able to do them justice).