amd's rev F3 silicon

...is looking mighty fine ;)

i saw this over at newegg, and i just had to get it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103868

stock speed is actually 2.6ghz, but that's another matter :p:

just got it in today.. with stock voltage, 3.25ghz is relatively close to being stable :slobber:
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/cpu/a64_4000/3242.png


bumped the voltage up a bit and found that voltage scaling sucks :stick:
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/cpu/a64_4000/32m-3.3.png

but curiously, it seems that 32M fails faster when unstable than sp2004 does :confused:

anyway, some more voltage.. and a mighty untweaked OS :D
http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/cpu/a64_4000/25.219.png


gonna see if i can't get 3.4ghz stable. all with watercooling :banana:

new silicon is looking good indeed.
Wish my 939 opteron scaled that well!!

thats a nice cpu, could you imagine if they made single core opty f3's(i know they don't make single core opy's for am2)

afaik, the dual core opterons with F3 clock pretty similarly.. just impossible to get ahold of and much more expensive than a single core A64 :D

i've gotta get amd to tell me what exactly they changed with this revision.. it's nuts

Nice chip. :clap:

You lucky AM2 owners finally have something to really cheer about over us who decided to stick it out with 939. :p:

I wish K10 would hurry up and get here already.

pretty good single core

Whoa, nice single core action.

What a perfect gaming CPU for the $!

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but curiously, it seems that 32M fails faster when unstable than sp2004 does :confused:
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Ummmm....maybe because you're running large FFT's @ priority 1 with Orthos? :p:

Looks like I was right afterall with my initial guestimate... :cool:

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i've gotta get amd to tell me what exactly they changed with this revision.. it's nuts

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You're not gonna find out and they're not gonna tell you ;) :D

got my f3 today that i paid $90 for, this a suicide run

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9...stocfn4.th.jpg

not a bad start for how cheap that thing was. i'm jealous, how did you manage to get a dual core F3 for that little? :fact:

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Ummmm....maybe because you're running large FFT's @ priority 1 with Orthos? :p:

Looks like I was right afterall with my initial guestimate... :cool:



You're not gonna find out and they're not gonna tell you ;) :D

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probably. i'm using a slightly modified version of blend now, seems to work much better, but the transition from stable to reboot is still on the order of like 20-40mhz at lower voltages :(

and... since when has that stopped me from asking? :D but yes, i think you were about right with your original guess... though i haven't gone over 1.55v yet. :fact:

at least i can do 3ghz stable with 1.225v :slobber:

Lets hope they can keep this clocks/Volts ratio up when K8l comes out

heh.. we'll see. i'll share my theory. no, i have no proof that it is right, it's just a suspicion of mine...

[put on tinfoil hat]the clocks we are seeing with F3 is a result of SiGe.[/remove tinfoil hat]

once we start seeing more mature 65nm with SiGe in it as well, i am fully expecting K10 to clock a bit better... ;)

i posted it over at the lHl, Eclipse, under hot deals, it was buy it now on ebay, the seller had 5 of them for sale

i just hit 3.2 at the same voltage, and i upped the voltage a little more and it still won't go farther, my motherboard is now the limiting factor:eek:

edit for some reason now my motherboard won't do 320x10, so im back at 310x10 and i undervolted it a notch to 1.375

edit, got it to under volt to 1.325 stable

Simply WOOW! :slobber: Both of you guys have great chips (or steppings :D ).

BTW today I played with X2 4000+ 65nm 0702 and I run out of HT on MSI board based on MCP61 (new single chip GF6100). Basically board can't clock from BIOS and in Windows ClockGen can't recognize this combo. My only way of ocing was to use nTune but it is limited to 250HTT (any known reg entry to change that limit??) which gave me 2622MHz@1.312V easily!
I can confirm now what other lucky guys was telling that Brisbane is extremely cool running CPU :) .

thats the only thing bad about the 90nm chips is that they don't run as cool as the 65nm

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thats the only thing bad about the 90nm chips is that they don't run as cool as the 65nm

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well... i'm not too sure about that... my 4000+ is a LOT cooler than the 3400+ sempron that came before it, though it may be because of the soldered on IHS

i also though it was weird that my opteron ran about as cool as my sempron to

it idles about 33-35c and is about 45-47 load

ozzi, what mobo are you running?

i think he is running a dfi 590sli

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i think he is running a dfi 590sli

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yes he is ;)

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yes he is ;)

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yup, home to the wonderful smartguardian :D

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i also though it was weird that my opteron ran about as cool as my sempron to

it idles about 33-35c and is about 45-47 load

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hm, you have a much larger delta between idle and load than me, but that kinda makes sense, seeing as i'm using a single core.. with 18c air at 1.35v and 3.2ghz, idle is around 21c while load is around 25-27 :eek:

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hm, you have a much larger delta between idle and load than me, but that kinda makes sense, seeing as i'm using a single core.. with 18c air at 1.35v and 3.2ghz, idle is around 21c while load is around 25-27 :eek:

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Kinda reminds me of my ADV4400....load vs. idle was about 5-6C difference:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1285/64064077724vx.jpg

very nice results.. :)

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Kinda reminds me of my ADV4400....load vs. idle was about 5-6C difference:

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nice temps for a dual core, but the mhz is just a smidge lame ;)

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nice temps for a dual core, but the mhz is just a smidge lame ;)

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Better? :D

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7049/11x3008jj.jpg

Excellent chip you got there Ozzimark. Any particular way to spot an F3 chip ?
OPN or particular model or something ?

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Excellent chip you got there Ozzimark. Any particular way to spot an F3 chip ?
OPN or particular model or something ?

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The first part of the stepping will end in a "F". For example: MCBBF


http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8...nbsmallpr4.jpg

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The first part of the stepping will end in a "F". For example: MCBBF

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that applies to all the 90nm am2 chips. my old sempron is LBBVF ;) (it's still revF after all, just F2 instead of F3)

the difference is in the OPN
single core F3's end in DH, like mine
the dual cores use CZ

http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx
go to stepping and select "F3", then open another window and check out F2, notice the difference :D

just for the heck of it put it down to stock speeds to see how much i could undervolt it, right now i am running orthos at 0.96v and load is 30-33c on air

Hstuehmeyer200, I would like to know, is that Opty 1212 Rev. F3 a HE (highly efficient) or not ? WHat do you guys think have more potential for higher clocks, 1216 or 1216HE? I cant find a usuall 1216 ending with CZ at newegg, like ozzimark described. I bought a 4600+EE once, and it was a bad overclocker, that is why I am asking.

wow nice CPU

too bad about the performance

as far as i know, mine is not an HE

Ok, I found a guy on ebay that is selling used Optys 1218 (he have 5 of them) that ends on CZ for 224 bucks. Do you think I shoud go for it? Or shall I buy HE version instead?

can you see if the new mix help overcome coldbug?

i'm planning on getting some dry ice this weekend, we'll see how it goes

newegg has cz optys now. hopes someone buys and tries
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819105147

Dang...
This is going to make my newly bought F2 x2 3800 look kinda :banana::banana::banana::banana:e.
Oh well get what you pay for.
Any more DC results?

wow, thats pretty good

i am getting my dfi infinity sli-m2 tommorrow, i will post some results after school
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136021

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i am getting my dfi infinity m2-sli tommorrow, i will post some results after school
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136021

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lemme know if you notice superPI to be somewhat slower than it should be. i couldn't manage to get a better time than this:

http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/cpu/a64_4000/24.922.png

i ran it and i got 29sec with processor running at 3.1 and 512mb ram running at 400mhz 5-5-5-12-t2 2.1v

This weekend or next I'm likely ordering the DFI INFINITY CFX3200-M2/G:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-I-32M2G
I plan to buy Sempron 64 3000+ Manila 1.6GHz in an attempt for 100% overclock which is unlikely except at sub-zero temps but will be fun to try:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819104305
Then later I'll buy an Opteron 1212 HE for more overclocking fun and everyday use:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819105149
Still undecided on RAM. I can't spend too much, so nothing really exotic. Looking at $200-$300 for 2GB kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227169
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146563
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227191
http://www.tankguys.biz/2x1gb-cell-s...c2e5aadef31267

Also planning on using Enzotech heatsinks on the North and South bridge chips if they fit:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...3118d0e02b0fb6

Also being that this is the boring Infinity version with no Lanparty UT version of this available I plan to mod the board with UV paints/pens:
http://www.overclock.net/case-mods-g...e-modders.html

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This weekend or next I'm likely ordering the DFI INFINITY CFX3200-M2/G:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-I-32M2G
I plan to buy Sempron 64 3000+ Manila 1.6GHz in an attempt for 100% overclock which is unlikely except at sub-zero temps but will be fun to try:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819104305
Then later I'll buy an Opteron 1212 HE for more overclocking fun and everyday use:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819105149
Still undecided on RAM. I can't spend too much, so nothing really exotic. Looking at $200-$300 for 2GB kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227169
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146563
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227191
http://www.tankguys.biz/2x1gb-cell-s...c2e5aadef31267

Also planning on using Enzotech heatsinks on the North and South bridge chips if they fit:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...3118d0e02b0fb6

Also being that this is the boring Infinity version with no Lanparty UT version of this available I plan to mod the board with UV paints/pens:
http://www.overclock.net/case-mods-g...e-modders.html

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looks like a great config. Im thinking of picking up an X2 65nm when the prices drop with an ATI chipset board. I was thinking of getting an MSI K9A but this looks very interesting. Let me know how your board works out for you. Im also getting the enzotech heatsink for the nb. Very interested in seeing your results. :toast:

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looks like a great config. Im thinking of picking up an X2 65nm when the prices drop with an ATI chipset board. I was thinking of getting an MSI K9A but this looks very interesting. Let me know how your board works out for you. Im also getting the enzotech heatsink for the nb. Very interested in seeing your results. :toast:

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I'll start buying stuff this weekend, it will take me several weeks before I have everything. I was tempted for a while to get the Epox version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813123022

Then I found a source at eWiz for the DFI Infinity board which is cheaper, has an external eSATA port, slightly better audio chipset, and is sure to be a good overclocker with support for Opteron chips.

I really, really wanted the Lanparty UT version which they made for socket 939 and were going to come out for AM2 but I guess they decided it wouldn't make enough money and got distracted by the Core 2 Duo version which was probably the most hyped board ever.

Makes sense to buy a cheaper cpu soon and then buy the Opteron 1212 HE sometime after the April price cuts. Plus I just want to see how far I can overclock the Sempron, although I expect only 2.6-2.7ghz on air at best, I hope I can push it further.

Also found this:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=66

I imagine you should hit close to 3 ghz, those Semprons seem to be excellent overclockers.

i got my dfi and it doesn't oc as well as the tforce, i think it is because my psu is a POS, i can't wait till ocz sends my replacement for my gsx 600w(they have had it for a 1.5-2wk's and they still haven't sent me one?)

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I ran into a complete hard wall with my AM2 Sempron 2800+ around 2.5GHz. 300x8 = 2.4GHz is fine @ 1.5V (runs Orthos for hours), 320x8 = 2.56GHz is stable enough for a 3DMark06 run but fails Orthos within minutes. 325x8 boots Windows and I can run other benches (like S&M) but fails Orthos instantly. More Vcore (up to 1.75V) doesn't help :( Strange since I can get it to POST at 370x8 @ 1.5V no problem. Heat is not an issue either, I'm using water cooling and it's only @ 30C load.

Anyway, it's fine as something to hold me over until the April 9 price cuts :)

who do i know its a f3 rev?

any telltale sign? or is it just based on the manufacture date?

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who do i know its a f3 rev?

any telltale sign? or is it just based on the manufacture date?

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Ozzie broke it down above, check the OPN of the CPU

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that applies to all the 90nm am2 chips. my old sempron is LBBVF ;) (it's still revF after all, just F2 instead of F3)

the difference is in the OPN
single core F3's end in DH, like mine
the dual cores use CZ

http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx
go to stepping and select "F3", then open another window and check out F2, notice the difference :D

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This Opteron 1210s OPN is OSO1210IAA6CZ, so it is a rev. F3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819105147

thanks.. ghost? :p: :D

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Strange since I can get it to POST at 370x8 @ 1.5V no problem.

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that IS really weird. my sempron has the opposite problem.. i can bench 32m up to about 3100mhz, but within 100mhz of that, the computer will just reboot

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that IS really weird. my sempron has the opposite problem.. i can bench 32m up to about 3100mhz, but within 100mhz of that, the computer will just reboot

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What motherboard are you using? I think it's my RAM that's limiting me, but with my Asus Crosshair (Nforce 590 SLI) the DDR2-400, 533, and 667 dividers stop working past 280 HTT. I think I could clock mine higher except I'm stuck with /5 which stresses my RAM. The other weird thing is Memtest86+ 1.7 goes through 1 pass fine (so I don't suspect RAM) and 1M SuperPi works, but Orthos blend fails, but Orthos small FFT works. So I'm leaning towards the problem being RAM, but given all the other weird stuff I've encountered, I don't know.

what are the timings, voltage, and speed of your ram?

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what are the timings, voltage, and speed of your ram?

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OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC2-6400 2x1GB @ 2.2V. I know these sticks can do 490 @ 5-5-5-15 for sure (ran 24hr Orthos blend with X2 3800+) however with this new Sempron, it can boot and go through at least 1 pass of Memtest86 at 520 @ 5-5-5-15. With the old CPU, it would refuse to POST past 500, and even 495 would error out Memtest instantly (test #2).

Anyway the fact that the CPU doesn't stabilize at all even with very high voltage makes me lean to the RAM, but the damned dividers don't work properly at high HTT so I can't be sure :(

why don't you just run a divider to find the max of your cpu and tweak your ram later?

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why don't you just run a divider to find the max of your cpu and tweak your ram later?

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That's the problem, with this motherboard, the higher dividers don't work with high HTT. Of the four I have available to me, DDR2-400, DDR2-533, DDR2-667, and DDR2-800, only the DDR2-800 divider (/5) works when the HTT gets past 260 or so. Which is weird again, since with the Sempron's 8x multiplier, both the 667 and 800 dividers are the same /5 divider. So I can't clock my RAM any slower.

With my previous X2 3800+ CPU, I was able to solve this issue by using clock skew (advance 600ps) so the DDR2-533 (/8) divider worked but the DDR2-400 divider (/10) still did not work. With the Sempron, NOTHING works. I've tried clock skew, drive strength, a dozen different subtimings, etc.

are you using a rh mod bios

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Nope. AFAIK there is no RH mod bios for the Asus Crosshair. I've tried the 0502 and beta 0602, same thing.

i don't know why i though you were using a tforce 550:p: , i use to have a crosshair to and i had no problem using the ddr 400 divider with my sempron 3000+

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i don't know why i though you were using a tforce 550:p: , i use to have a crosshair to and i had no problem using the ddr 400 divider with my sempron 3000+

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What RAM were you using? I have this problem only with 2x1GB of ProMOS based RAM. I have 2x256MB of generic Micron RAM and it works fine all the way to 370 HTT. When I was using the X2 3800+, it was also fine at the DDR2-400 setting with 2x1GB Micron based Corsair 6400C3DF, so I'm leaning towards something funny in the BIOS that doesn't like the ProMOS RAM.

i had micron d9dcn that would do about 450@5-5-5-5-T2 2.3v

It is my RAM! I set the RAM termination manually to 50 ohms and 528MHz or DDR2-1046 (330x8) is perfectly Orthos blend stable after 45 minutes, previously it would error out instantly. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, the last time I tested this RAM it topped out at 490, the last set I had a few months back topped out at 460. Off to play with the drive strength timings now!

yea, when i had mine i didn't even know what that did, lol

More cheap opterons from the ebay seller hstuehmeyer2000 got his from. 1210s for $70. Don't know if they're F3s as I haven't got mine yet. Better move quick if you want one, they go fast. 4 left as of right now.

i wonder who bzo is:rolleyes:

if you watch this ebay seller, every couple of weeks he/she has opterons by it now very cheap, here is the ebay seller, shannonbug06 , don't be like some of the people i posted the original deal to that bought them to resell, just get a good deal and let others to, thats what i tried to accomplish and it failed, thats why i didn't post the $70 deal, because people just buy them and resell them:mad:

http://eclipseoc.com/index.php?id=3,82,0,0,1,0

for those who are too lazy to read, important "stability" screens:

http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/cpu/a64_4000/6hr.png

http://www.eclipseoc.com/image/cpu/a64_4000/vs.png

nice oc, but i guess i am a traitor because i went core 2:p:

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i wonder who bzo is:rolleyes:

if you watch this ebay seller, every couple of weeks he/she has opterons by it now very cheap, here is the ebay seller, shannonbug06 , don't be like some of the people i posted the original deal to that bought them to resell, just get a good deal and let others to, thats what i tried to accomplish and it failed, thats why i didn't post the $70 deal, because people just buy them and resell them:mad:

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I'm just a guy into budget OCing. I don't have any association with the ebay guy if that's what you are implying. If you search out my posts, I have a few but relevant posts stretching back at least a few months.

I dislike the reselling too, which is why I posted it to this thread as opposed to a more general deal area. I figured people reading this would more interested in using it for themselves and would appreciate an F3 if they lucked out with one.

i thought you might have been someone else i know

i am also into buget ocing

I suppose these ebay opterons are not quite the incredible buy for the budget overclocker like they were a few weeks ago, now that Newegg is selling the Brisbane X2 3600 for $73. I like having the extra cache of the Opteron though. Now if only mine would get here, this ebay guy does not seem to be the fastest shipper.

Really nice chip Ozzimark. Is the full six hours at 3327???


Ply

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Really nice chip Ozzimark. Is the full six hours at 3327???


Ply

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of course :fact: ;)
i started with it at 3242mhz, but it failed after a little while, so i dropped it down and did the full 6 hours at 3327mhz. why bother posting the shot otherwise? :p:

Congrats ozzimark!! :toast:

Excellent chip you have there :)

I finally received my cheap ebay opty 1210 yesterday and it was an F3! It seems like it's a decent core because it will do 9x300 at 1.15v. This low multiplier is holding me back though. I can't seem to post at much above 300 on my M2N-SLI Dlx. I tried upping the chipset voltages +.1 and the max async latency up to 9, but it didn't help. I'm running the ram at the 533 setting, which my sticks should be handling fine. I can't post at even 300 with the ram at the 400 setting so maybe some ram timing is automatically being set too low for an 800+ speed? Any ideas?

FYI I changed my mind from a DFI INFINITY CFX3200-M2/G to a GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 but it also supports Opteron 1210 and probably 1212 etc. I should receive it sometime early next week. It will be a bit before I can buy the rest of the components and start overclocking.

I'm wondering though if the Opteron 1210 or X2 6000+ would be a better overclocker?

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FYI I changed my mind from a DFI INFINITY CFX3200-M2/G to a GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 but it also supports Opteron 1210 and probably 1212 etc. I should receive it sometime early next week. It will be a bit before I can buy the rest of the components and start overclocking.

I'm wondering though if the Opteron 1210 or X2 6000+ would be a better overclocker?

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I'm curious too, so as soon as you get your bits start new thread!! :D

the 6000+ will most likely be the better overclocker.. i mean seriously, 3ghz stock clock? :fact: :D

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the 6000+ will most likely be the better overclocker.. i mean seriously, 3ghz stock clock? :fact: :D

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Yeah, that's what I figured. I saw several people hitting as high as 3.4-3.5ghz with those, on air!

Can't wait for the price cuts, but it will still be 2 weeks or more before I buy the processor (and I still need the ram, hard drive and dvd burner). I'm ordering my case next week. I'll be getting the psu around the same time as the motherboard in a few days since I won the psu (Ultra X3 1000w) courtesy of JonnyGURU! (I'll start a whole thread about it with pics after I receive it!)

So, anybody else got those F3 Optys? Or did everyone go with the X2 6000+?

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So, anybody else got those F3 Optys? Or did everyone go with the X2 6000+?

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I've got a 1212 HE, so far this is my 24/7 clock. I have not yet done any suicide runs to find the max.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4259/3ghzxw3.th.jpg

Oh, wow. Very nice. Is it long til you are going to try any higher clocks? I am very curious because my friends are coming back from USA, and I am thinking of asking them to buy one for me at newegg. Would really like to know how they are when you bump up the voltage :)

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Oh, wow. Very nice. Is it long til you are going to try any higher clocks? I am very curious because my friends are coming back from USA, and I am thinking of asking them to buy one for me at newegg. Would really like to know how they are when you bump up the voltage :)

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CPU-Z reads voltage improperly, it's actually 1.39v on the core. I will most likely find max clocks for simple screenies and test max 3D stability tonight.

That guy on e-bay must've got those chips that "fell off a truck", to sell them outright at $90........me hates to think of stolen cpu's, but it happens. I remember all the stolen MSI 7900GS's that showed up on e-bay.....what a fiascle.

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CPU-Z reads voltage improperly, it's actually 1.39v on the core. I will most likely find max clocks for simple screenies and test max 3D stability tonight.

That guy on e-bay must've got those chips that "fell off a truck", to sell them outright at $90........me hates to think of stolen cpu's, but it happens. I remember all the stolen MSI 7900GS's that showed up on e-bay.....what a fiascle.

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I look forwar to see the results :banana: And 90$ for such a CPU is :woot:

spqqky buy me 1 please :P

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I did not get mine on e-bay, nor was I lucky enough to pay only $90.

It looks like 3.2GHz is all I can get stable, a little more it gets flaky. Was pushing 1.49v through the core which is all I'm willing to use. This Artic Freezer is decent, but it starts to get a bit warm.
I'm not sure at this point whether the chip is near it's limit or if it's something else limiting me, like the motherboard hitting it's max HTT, or maybe my PSU not having enough juice. The Enermax is great, but this isn't a lean mean bench machine, I've got a lot of peripherals hooked up. I'll have to upgrade if I want to beef up my video and add more drives.

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9311/32kl4.th.jpg