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11-07-2005, 08:45 AM
deception``

How good are the Opteron 148's from Monarch? I thinking of picking one up today...thoguhts?

deception``
11-07-2005, 09:19 AM
jrw

What do you guys think of the Opteron memory controller?

Anything different than the San Diegos?

What would you pick? SD3700+, Opteron 144 or 146?
11-07-2005, 09:37 AM
gundamit

Starting stabilty check with 32M. Got a personal best by getting under 22 minutes for the first time. :toast:

Whoops. Didn't have the right tab up on that screenie. But you can check the CPU speed by hitting this link

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=48544

http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/2...10sp32m6jg.png
11-07-2005, 09:45 AM
HermS

HAHA Nice one Gun, Thats a hell of a chip you got there... and then some! 1.56v :eek: :toast:
11-07-2005, 10:04 AM
TEDY

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChRiiLLe

Which one of those one should i chose?
Both Opteron 144: "cabye 0536 gpmw" or "cabne 0540 bpmw"

from oc.de ?
11-07-2005, 10:09 AM
dogsx2

Quote:

Originally Posted by gundamit

Starting stabilty check with 32M. Got a personal best by getting under 22 minutes for the first time. :toast:

Whoops. Didn't have the right tab up on that screenie. But you can check the CPU speed by hitting this link

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=48544

http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/2...10sp32m6jg.png

Boy, seeing those numbers makes me hope Major sells his phase too. :D

Just when I get into wc and think this is it, no more, you start throwing up big numbers. :slap:

How am I going to keep my cheap image???
11-07-2005, 10:37 AM
gundamit

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogsx2

Boy, seeing those numbers makes me hope Major sells his phase too. :D

Just when I get into wc and think this is it, no more, you start throwing up big numbers. :slap:

How am I going to keep my cheap image???

When you think about how much a really good water cooling rig will cost you, then consider you can get into phase change for about $500-600 buying used, its easy to justify the expense. I told you I thought you were less than 2 months away from stepping up to phase, I might have been a little too conservative on my guess. ;) If you want to keep your cheap image think about a mousepot. :p:
11-07-2005, 10:59 AM
xenolith

The thing I dislike the most about phase cooling is that you have to grease up everything around the socket and in the socket, otherwise things corrode away in no time. :(
11-07-2005, 12:02 PM
Sumanji

Hey,

Got really sick of my Asus board so I went and bought a DFI Ultra-D! Will it support my Opty out of the box? And what BIOS shall I use? Can I use the same version as the SLI-DR boards? Also can I transfer my RAID-0 array over from my Asus board?

Thanks,

Suman
11-07-2005, 12:09 PM
xenolith

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumang007

Hey,

Got really sick of my Asus board so I went and bought a DFI Ultra-D! Will it support my Opty out of the box? And what BIOS shall I use? Can I use the same version as the SLI-DR boards? Also can I transfer my RAID-0 array over from my Asus board?

Thanks,

Suman

Yes, every s939 board that works with a San Diego will work with an opty. Just make sure you get the latest BIOS.

And FYI, no board officially supports optys except the Tyan K8E.
11-07-2005, 12:16 PM
gundamit

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenolith

The thing I dislike the most about phase cooling is that you have to grease up everything around the socket and in the socket, otherwise things corrode away in no time. :(

Not to mention its a big messy PITA swapping out CPUs. Over time though your technique and speed improves and I believe some of the OC gods are so good at it they forego the non conductive grease.
11-07-2005, 12:26 PM
Sumanji

What about my RAID-0 array?

Cheers,

Suman
11-07-2005, 01:03 PM
xen0dude

ok in general, should i get a 146 or 148 for a small form factor pc? i know the 148 has a higher rated wattage but the rated default voltage is the same, 146 - Wattage 67.0W, 148 Wattage 85.3W. normally i would get the 148 but im worried about heat since the 148 has runs with higher watt. does the rated wattage of the 148 really increases above the 146 around 18W for that extra 200mhz? any suggestions?
11-07-2005, 01:37 PM
gbomb944

A 148 would probably be a better chip and would allow more clock at less voltage so in theory you'd get more perfomance with less heat by undervolting it. I believe a good oc chip would probably make a good undervolting chip too.
11-07-2005, 01:53 PM
dogsx2

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbomb944

A 148 would probably be a better chip and would allow more clock at less voltage so in theory you'd get more perfomance with less heat by undervolting it. I believe a good oc chip would probably make a good undervolting chip too.

A higher x does not mean a better chip. Read up a couple post and you will see Gun's 146 is better then his 148. Steppings and chance make good cpu's.
11-07-2005, 02:00 PM
xen0dude

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogsx2

A higher x does not mean a better chip. Read up a couple post and you will see Gun's 146 is better then his 148. Steppings and chance make good cpu's.

i believe gbomb's helpful response was meant to answer my question regarding which chip is better suited for my small form factor pc. nonetheless, thank you for your input. :)
11-07-2005, 02:08 PM
dogsx2

Quote:

Originally Posted by xen0dude

i believe gbomb's helpful response was meant to answer my question regarding which chip is better suited for my small form factor pc. nonetheless, thank you for your input. :)

That's what I was referring to, sff. My 144 will do 3000MHz at 1.4v, my 146 takes about 1.45v and the 148 that I sold took about 1.488v. This is all at the same MHz.
11-07-2005, 02:31 PM
TEDY

dogsx2 : would you sell me your 144 or 146 ? :D
11-07-2005, 02:34 PM
dogsx2

Quote:

Originally Posted by TEDY

dogsx2 : would you sell me your 144 or 146 ? :D

If you got the money honey, I got the time. :D
11-07-2005, 02:35 PM
Txaime

Somebody have a 144 cabne 0540 apmw?
11-07-2005, 02:39 PM
tatts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Txaime

Somebody have a 144 cabne 0540 apmw?

if youre looking to buy, i wouldnt bother with a cabne 0540, they only clock like a cabge from what ive seen so far
11-07-2005, 02:51 PM
Txaime

I have seen theese at 2,8ghz easilly...
11-07-2005, 02:54 PM
tatts

cabne 0540? if so have you got links?
most ive seen are topping out at 2.75ghz and very few going past it with over 1.6V
11-07-2005, 03:03 PM
Txaime

http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=ht...pic.php?t=6698
http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=ht...pic.php?t=6698

I can buy this chip for 145€. I dont know where i can buya cabye 0540
11-07-2005, 03:51 PM
gbomb944

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogsx2

A higher x does not mean a better chip. Read up a couple post and you will see Gun's 146 is better then his 148. Steppings and chance make good cpu's.

Between 2 chips of the same stpping a 148 should in general be better than a 146 but you are right it doesn't guarantee it. A 144 0528 cabne is much better than a 148 cabge but he asked a broad question and got a broad answer.

He actually was looking more to the lower rated chip since the higher one has a higher wattage but if you think about it you want more speed with less volts so you get a high performance to heat ratio. What he really needs is a 144 cabye 0540 to be very specific. In fact thats what we all could use I think.

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