Opteron 165 Dual Core vs Athlon x2 3800+

[DL402]

Which one should I get? The Opteron is $330ish while the athlon is $300ish..

 

[MBentz]

If you're OC'ing and you have a good OC'ing mobo you should get the 165. If not, the X2.

 

[Ricemarine]

If you can get that dell deal for $245, the 3800+ hands down. But opteron 165's are still a good deal if you need to oc for the max.

 

[DL402]

Which dell deal is that?

 

[TanisHalfElven]

dell does not work with amd. or does it.
*goes off to check

 

[NeezyDeezy]

dead horse.... dead horse

 

[DL402]

Whats a good ocing mobo to go with that for a $800-900 budget?

I was thinking of a EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

 

[EagleEye]

Originally posted by: DL402
Whats a good ocing mobo to go with that for a $800-900 budget?

I was thinking of a EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

you were thinking correctly

 

[DL402]

Well this would be an almost complete build of it

XION Black XION II XON-103 SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply - Retail - $64.99
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $105.00
XFX PVT42GUAD7 Geforce 6800GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $199.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail - $81.00
AMD Opteron 165 Dual-Core 1.8GHz 1MB (per core) 64/32-Bit (939) (OEM) - $330

Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM - $65.00

Total(before tax): $830.98

Does this seem like a solid build?

 

[robertk2012]

monarch has the 165 oem for 299 with a motherboard purchase. It has been as low as 265. see my post in the hot deals forum.