<--- uh .... yup on the OC ... hello !Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
I own a X2 3800+ and this baby smokes! Any special reason why you'd go for a 4400+ mondo? The 3800+ers are so good to overclock, it's not even funny. I managed to get my 3800+ up to 2,4 GHz on stock air cooling, prime stable for 24h. Then I backed up a little bit and now it has been running with 2,2 Ghz - like a 4400+ - for two months straight and no problems.
The only reason I could think of why you want a 4400+ is the Toledo core and the 1MB cache each core, but from what I've read, that increased cache doesn't really boost performance that much. Yes, some special application will go a tad faster, but I doubt that things like BOINC would benefit much in comparison to the money you have to spend extra to get a 4400+ instead of a 3800+.
Summary: X2s rock and leave Ds in the dust! :evil:
EDIT: Unless of course you want to overclock that 4400+ and go for 2,8 GHz
Originally posted by: mondobyte
I was looking for a quick and easy solution ... hence the x2
Also ... is there an advantage to running Windows 64 vs Windows 32 ??? Which???
Originally posted by: mondobyte
I built it as advertised with the Windows 2003 Professional (essentially 64 bit XP with improvements). I did my standard tweaks on the OS and disk setup so it moves a bit faster than standard.
This thing absolutely rocks! I can OC to about 2.7 but I backed it off to a bit less than 2.6 ...
It crunches SETI BOINC like a demon. I can't get the newest version to install but the older one works.
It is doing a work unit, job, whatever one calls it in BOINC quicker than 1 per hour ...
It is really, really snappy!
mondo
Originally posted by: The Reaper
To anyone considering an x2, look at the Opteron 165 / 170. The Opterons are cheaper, 2mb L2, and oc just as well if not better then the x2?s. I got a poor stepping 170 that did 2.4 at stock vcore. Did 2.8 prime stable x2, and I haven?t tried higher. I?ve been running at 2.6 for a few weeks while running Boinc Rosetta. I haven?t had time to fully test the limits, and don?t really want to disrupt my crunching. All for $400 shipped (boxed not oem).
Originally posted by: mondobyte
I believe there is a difference between socket 939 and 940 ...
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Originally posted by: mondobyte
What did I miss ???