Need your help choosing Opteron 146 over 4000+

[CodeHunter]

Hi All,
I am in the process of building my dream gaming rig, and I was wondering if I should go for the 4000+ (for pure gaming, see my other posts please) or the Opteron 146. You see, I need to know what a 146 gives me that a 4000+ can not, I understand that it is $130 cheaper than 4000+, but since the original CABNE batch is no longer available and with the reports of "newer” stock being based off of 4000+ core, what difference does it make to go thought the hassle and get a 146? Right now I can buy a CABGE (or so I think) 146, but I really need to know if its worth it or not.

Thanks a lot in advance.

The parts that I have bought so far:
DFI nF4 SLI-DR “expert”
2GB DDR1 Crucial Ballistix
BFGTech 7800 GTX
Enermax “Liberty” 620W SLI Certified PSU
74GB WD Raptor
Gaming Bomb II Case (black)

[MonkSP]

I personally would go for a dual core. Even if it's a gaming machine, you might want to play online, so you going to have anti-virus, firewall and all that crap and the other core running the the game alone.

[GRAFiZ]

Look at it this way... if you luck out and get a CABNE core, great, you're getting a rebadged FX basically, however, if you're not so lucky and instead get a newer one based off the 4000+ then hell, you're getting the same chip for $130 less.

$130 is a good bit towards a solid water cooling system.

Either way, you cant lose.

:woot:

[dogsx2]

There's no way I'd buy a 4000sd even if I didn't have my optys. The 3700 is a much better deal. I just sold my 3700sd for $210 and it would run OCCT at 2900@1.6. There's a lot of cheap 3700's around that will clock 2.8+. The 4000 was never a great deal.

I don't know your time frame on your build, what is it? Makes a big diff if your talking future or now.

Is there any way to stop that man from bouncing while I read you posts?

[LexDiamonds]

Well, Opterons are a hell of a lot cooler than a plain SD for one thing. :D

I have a 939 148 on the way. Hoping for a easy 3ghz w/ Storm/mcp650 :banana:

Personally, I am still in the single fast core camp at this point in time. When I see tangeable improvements in future game engines with dual procs, I will upgrade to a 939 dual core opteron when they become widely available.

[Plague_oc]

but why have the opterons been getting such low benchies? ive seen venices with less cache do better at about the same clocks : /

[LexDiamonds]

Show me these "low benchies" for 939 Opterons. :fact:

[Major]

I'd say it depends on your cooling, the 10x on the 146 would be fine for water or air but you may miss the 12x on the 4000+ if using phase change.

[andL64]

get the 4000+ ;)

[Plague_oc]

Show me these "low benchies" for 939 Opterons. :fact:
venice: http://img214.exs.cx/img214/9666/spi33062dn.jpg

and there was a 3.6ghz dry ice opteron getting 27+, cant find link

[dogsx2]

get the 4000+ ;)

What a waste of money. If your going to spend that much get a 148 opty that will do 3300-3400 on phase. The 4000sd is like the 3800 vince, a big waste of $$$ that could go for ram or video card.

If he's just going to be on air or water a 144 or 146 are all you need with an opty.

The other option is to get a 3700sd that someone selling because they got a x2 or opty. I just sold my 3700sd for $210 that did OCCT at 2900@1.6v. Major sold a good one too. Some of these optys don't oc that great and a proven 3700sd at 2850+ for a couple hundred bucks is a deal. The sd's also run a lot cooler then the optys.

[uOpt]

Only the early Opterons up to week 0530 did that great.

Laters ones seem to be pretty equal to the San Diegos.

[jumanji969]

venice: http://img214.exs.cx/img214/9666/spi33062dn.jpg

and there was a 3.6ghz dry ice opteron getting 27+, cant find link

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75063

Lower clock and a full second faster...say what about slow benches?

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

Is there any way to stop that man from bouncing while I read you posts?

Slightly off topic, but if you are using Firefox and Adblock (I am) then you just right click the irritating images in people avatars and select "Adblock".

[da-key]

Slightly off topic, but if you are using Firefox and Adblock (I am) then you just right click the irritating images in people avatars and select "Adblock".

:woot:

I just ordered my Opteron 148 s939. My cpu's usually run at just over condensation levels, 10-20 C depending on season. Cant wait to see what it will do paired with a gigabyte of Geil One Tccd. Great thread. Saved me some change I was sold on a 4000+. Ive been kinda bummed since melting the pcb on my s478 has gotten old. Managed 3.2e to 4.6 ghz with some ozc pc4200 platinum.

:party2: This should get me to order some new tops for some DD blocks. LOL If at least nothing else force me to ditch the coleman cooler I been using as a resevoir for over a year now.

[LexDiamonds]

If at least nothing else force me to ditch the coleman cooler I been using as a resevoir for over a year now.


bah! xtreme resevoirs are the only way to go! More room for ice! :rocker: