need motherboard suggestions for opteron 185 purchase

[hclarkjr]

with the opteron prices being lowered i am considering getting an opteron 185 and want to know what motherboards will support it as the board i currenty have will not support it nor will their be any new bios updates for it according to gigabyte.

 

[Markfw]

That opteron 185 won't be much faster than your 4200 if you are OC'ing. For $423 (newegg) I would get an E6400 and a motherboard and memory.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
That opteron 185 won't be much faster than your 4200 if you are OC'ing. For $423 (newegg) I would get an E6400 and a motherboard and memory.

No doubt. But, if you're still interested, they're still selling DFI Ultra-D's at newegg, for ~$100.

 

[tersome]

If you're running a 4200 on your board, a 185 will run just fine. It's a complete waste of money, however.

 

[nyker96]

I concur with Markfw900, get 6300/6400 instead will get you much bigger boost in performance.

 

[hclarkjr]

but i would need to get new memory as well which would put the cost higher, trying to stay around $400 to $500. and in looking at benchmarks i disagree about it not being a worthwhile upgrade from my 4200