*HOT* Opteron 146 = $171

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: jitspoe
I'm getting a "Product not found!" on TankGuys, both from the links on this forum and from the link on their front page, which says it's $165. If I search their site for it, I find it, but it shows up as $209.37 (and OOS). Maybe I'll just go with the 144. I really wish I could get the 146 for $165, though.

Yea, sorry, our stupid site keeps putting the 146 as unavailable. While that is true, it then stops listing it... very annoying. I fixed it again, but I'm sure it will happen again today.

In any case, the 146's are no ETA again now, based on what I heard from AMD. You're welcome to order, and we'll honor the price you pay today, I just can't promise a certain date

 

[Rapier]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar

Originally posted by: Rapier
Let us know when you get them in your shop. I thinking about buying another one from you.

How was your last one did you able to hit 3GHZ

It would do 3.0ghz at 1.5v on air; 3.1 ghz at 1.62v on water. It was a CABYE 0540 FPMW I received the middle of Nov. It wasn't quite as good as my current Opti that'll do 3.1 @ 1.54v on water (CABYE 0540 FPBW)

 

[Rapier]

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: bob4432
yep....i will probably just get a 144 since the m/b i am getting can supposedly do 320HTT...

tankguys i just ordered a 144 from you

excaliber had my order in a "ok" state for a couple of days....a$$holes, won't be dealing with them again...

Which MB did you decide on? The Neo2 Platinum?

The NEO 2 Plat won't do 320 HTT. Good luck on the Gigabyte.

 

[RucHee]

Originally posted by: Budarow

Originally posted by: RucHee
i got 2 cab2e 0546's from mwave (146's). Got one to 2.85ghz stable on an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, and the other stable @ 2.95ghz on an eVGA SLI mobo. Not quite sure why i can't get further with the a8n board, seeing that it SHOULD be better at OC'ing and all. It also has better cooling (7700cu) vs the eVGA setup with a thermaltake silent boost cpu hsf. Any help with tryin to get this beast up to 3ghzish with the a8n would be much appreaciated... Thanks

Was the last extension on those steppings "FPAW"?

Thanks,

Bud

Yes, both were FPAW's

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: RucHee

Originally posted by: Budarow

Originally posted by: RucHee
i got 2 cab2e 0546's from mwave (146's). Got one to 2.85ghz stable on an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, and the other stable @ 2.95ghz on an eVGA SLI mobo. Not quite sure why i can't get further with the a8n board, seeing that it SHOULD be better at OC'ing and all. It also has better cooling (7700cu) vs the eVGA setup with a thermaltake silent boost cpu hsf. Any help with tryin to get this beast up to 3ghzish with the a8n would be much appreaciated... Thanks

Was the last extension on those steppings "FPAW"?

Thanks,

Bud

Yes, both were FPAW's

Sweet...looks like a good OC'ing batch then.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: bob4432
yep....i will probably just get a 144 since the m/b i am getting can supposedly do 320HTT...

tankguys i just ordered a 144 from you

excaliber had my order in a "ok" state for a couple of days....a$$holes, won't be dealing with them again...

Which MB did you decide on? The Neo2 Platinum?

The NEO 2 Plat won't do 320 HTT. Good luck on the Gigabyte.

Yea, mine crapped out at about 305.

Bob, let us know what your Gigabyte actually gets up to. If it can reach 320, then I might just pick one up to play with.

 

[imported_casey]

I just re-ordered from Tank Guys and now I'll just sit back and wait. I just hope it isn't 2 or 3 weeks of waiting and then disappointment.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: bob4432
yep....i will probably just get a 144 since the m/b i am getting can supposedly do 320HTT...

tankguys i just ordered a 144 from you

excaliber had my order in a "ok" state for a couple of days....a$$holes, won't be dealing with them again...

Which MB did you decide on? The Neo2 Platinum?

The NEO 2 Plat won't do 320 HTT. Good luck on the Gigabyte.

Yea, mine crapped out at about 305.

Bob, let us know what your Gigabyte actually gets up to. If it can reach 320, then I might just pick one up to play with.

i sure will. i am not sure if my psu will go that far, but i may be upgrading it to a seasonic s-12 430 here shortly, or i might go with one of the fsp psu @ 450W-500W.

i already know my ram limit on my p4, so i am assuming it will be the same on the A64 platform...

i am just crossing my fingers that gigabyte didn't go down the sh!tter since the last gigabyte board i had which was a dual p3 board, so it was some time ago. we will see.

 

[Rapier]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: bob4432
yep....i will probably just get a 144 since the m/b i am getting can supposedly do 320HTT...

tankguys i just ordered a 144 from you

excaliber had my order in a "ok" state for a couple of days....a$$holes, won't be dealing with them again...

Which MB did you decide on? The Neo2 Platinum?

The NEO 2 Plat won't do 320 HTT. Good luck on the Gigabyte.

Yea, mine crapped out at about 305.

Bob, let us know what your Gigabyte actually gets up to. If it can reach 320, then I might just pick one up to play with.

i sure will. i am not sure if my psu will go that far, but i may be upgrading it to a seasonic s-12 430 here shortly, or i might go with one of the fsp psu @ 450W-500W.

i already know my ram limit on my p4, so i am assuming it will be the same on the A64 platform...

i am just crossing my fingers that gigabyte didn't go down the sh!tter since the last gigabyte board i had which was a dual p3 board, so it was some time ago. we will see.

The last 939 Gigabyte board I looked at didn't have adequate ram settings to get the board up to those speeds. I don't remember which model it was (it was a new board an old friend bought ~3 months ago).

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Rapier
The last 939 Gigabyte board I looked at didn't have adequate ram settings to get the board up to those speeds. I don't remember which model it was (it was a new board an old friend bought ~3 months ago).

this is definately a possibility....i will let you know where it comes in. after i build the rig, i will run it prime for ~12hrs @ stock settings to make sure there are no errors with the setup, after that i will see what it can do

 

[Robor]

I've got a A64 3200+ @ 2.5Ghz in a Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. Would one of these Opterons be a noticeable/worthwhile upgrade?

 

[furballi]

It should be a noticeable improvement if you can run the Opteron at +2.7GHz. Have any plan for your old A64?

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: furballi
It should be a noticeable improvement if you can run the Opteron at +2.7GHz. Have any plan for your old A64?

Hmmm... Maybe I will jump on one of the 144's then. Would it work well in an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe? What is the best stepping of those available? CAB2E 0545 MPMW, CAB2E 0546 BPMW, or CACJE 0546 APBW?

As far as the 3200+, I'd be selling it as I only have 1 939 motherboard.

Thanks!

Edit: Nevermined the stepping quesiton... I just re-read through the thread.

 

[Greenman]

You won't be able to tell any diference. Save your money.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: furballi
It should be a noticeable improvement if you can run the Opteron at +2.7GHz. Have any plan for your old A64?

noticeable? for only 200MHz and 512KB(assuming he doesn't have a diego) cache improvement? come on, you just want his old a64.

i am not really expecting much of an improvement over my p4 @ 3.0GHz with a 144 @ ~ 2.5GHz but just wanted to learn about the a64 and how the memory controller and o/cing works on that platform vs the p4 platform. my friends have a64 and don't know how to o/c.

 

[Robor]

Hmmm... If there isn't a significant improvement I guess I will not be getting an Opteron 144. Guess I'll wait until they get cheaper. Thanks for the advice.

 

[deals99]

Finally got my 146 in from mwave, CAB2E 0546 FPAW. Took a while to work most of the kinks out of the asrock board (new bios, new battery, still cant get the lan driver to install), but have it maxed out at 2.74Ghz 1.425V. Would crash at 1.4V. Modded bios and board will have to be the next step.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: deals99
Finally got my 146 in from mwave, CAB2E 0546 FPAW. Took a while to work most of the kinks out of the asrock board (new bios, new battery, still cant get the lan driver to install), but have it maxed out at 2.74Ghz 1.425V. Would crash at 1.4V. Modded bios and board will have to be the next step.

Very nice. Which BIOS are you using. I read somwhere that 274 is the highest HTT alot of pople can hit, but you can go much higher (up to 400 HTT has been reported) ith a different BIOS. I can't remember which one though.

I'm upset that I didn't get one of these whlie they were in stock. I farted around, and know no one has them except for Newegg who want $253 for the 146.

 

[Ike0069]

Ok I found it.

System will not post if I set HTT higher than 274MHz, why?
BIOS v1.20 AND NEWER have a ?block? on HTT, max working HTT you can get is 274MHz. If you want to get around that problem, use BIOS OCWBeta1. We have seen OCWBeta1 BIOS go as high as 400 HTT.

BIOS with HTT capped @ 274
- v1.20
- v1.30
- v1.40
- OCWBeta3 <- It's based on BIOS v1.40, so YES, it has the cap.

BIOS without HTT cap
- OCWBeta1 <- cpu speed on POST screen is wrong, you have to check cpu speed in windows.
- OCWBeta2 ? <- I have not tried this myself, can someone confirm it?

Got that from this thread. Very good info.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ulti...bb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=30;t=005271;p=0

 

[deals99]

Reaching 274 was the first hurdle. The bad battery threw me for a loop, and then the bios that shipped with the board was nothing but boot problems. So i dumped in V1.5 and finally reached that limit. Hopefully sooner then later Ill try a OCW bios and the vcore mod.

 

[Ike0069]

Let us know what you end up with.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: Ike0069

Originally posted by: bob4432
yep....i will probably just get a 144 since the m/b i am getting can supposedly do 320HTT...

tankguys i just ordered a 144 from you

excaliber had my order in a "ok" state for a couple of days....a$$holes, won't be dealing with them again...

Which MB did you decide on? The Neo2 Platinum?

The NEO 2 Plat won't do 320 HTT. Good luck on the Gigabyte.

Yea, mine crapped out at about 305.

Bob, let us know what your Gigabyte actually gets up to. If it can reach 320, then I might just pick one up to play with.

ok, i got it all done a little later than i thought i would. so far this new year has been a whirlwind....

i have built the rig, but have not test any o/cing yet, i have just verified that at stock it is prime stable overnight, which it is. just want to start with what i know is a stable machine.

the m/b i chose was this Gigabyte one. i was a little concerned because of the reviews on newegg with the tightness of the ram slots, which they are close.

also, as far as o/cing, i need to read up quickly on o/cing a a64, but in the link below i have attached some bios screenshots hoping to show what others have questioned about the settings on this board. if more are needed, let me know of what and i will take a pic of it.

also, the site i made in a matter of minutes and didn't take much time to crop/reduce the image sizes, as they are about 100K each, so dialup peeps, be aware.

other than that, i hope this helps peeps....

my first impression of the board is good, and have no complaints with it at stock speeds. it has everything i need and has so far been very reliable when gaming. the bios is kind of weird as you can get to the bios with the del key, but once you are in the bios setup if you hit ctrl-F1, it brings up additional items, which at first i did not know and may have overlooked it in the manual, and this is where you can set the ram to 1T, 2T or auto, agp aperture, etc

Opteron Build

 

[AU Tiger]

For those looking for a 146, ComputerHQ is showing 18 in stock. $177.69 plus $9.95 shipping. Found using Anandtech's price engine.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: AU Tiger
For those looking for a 146, ComputerHQ is showing 18 in stock. $177.69 plus $9.95 shipping. Found using Anandtech's price engine.

Is there a big problem with Opteron 144? You can get one for $159 + shipping from mwave. I am wondering why there is so much more interest in 146 vs. 144. Is it just the 200MHz extra or is there something very wrong with 144?

 

[lordbob99]

Originally posted by: Navid
Is there a big problem with Opteron 144? You can get one for $159 + shipping from mwave. I am wondering why there is so much more interest in 146 vs. 144. Is it just the 200MHz extra or is there something very wrong with 144?

You get a 10x multiplier with the 146, while you only get a 9x with the 144. For people that are trying to get the max overclock, that seems to be the general reason.