*HOT* Opteron 146 = $171

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Ike0069
2.5 stable is excellent. For $150, these chips are unreal. Congrats.

My 146 will be here Tuesday, but I still need to order a case/PSU/MB. I kind of just bought the CPU, and my wife was not too happy. I'll have to try and sneak the other orders in soon, because it's gonna kill me having this CPU just sitting around.

thanks i hear you on the wife portion. when i told her i was going to get a new psu, mine was pretty cool...

good luck on the 146, you will have to fill us in on your progress

Throw a little voltage on the chip and take her on up.

i am good with 2.5GHz, that way it can throttle/power down. one of my reasons for buiding this rig and to get rid of my p4 was heat

what are you running for hsf?

 

[zikronix]

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Ike0069
2.5 stable is excellent. For $150, these chips are unreal. Congrats.

My 146 will be here Tuesday, but I still need to order a case/PSU/MB. I kind of just bought the CPU, and my wife was not too happy. I'll have to try and sneak the other orders in soon, because it's gonna kill me having this CPU just sitting around.

thanks i hear you on the wife portion. when i told her i was going to get a new psu, mine was pretty cool...

good luck on the 146, you will have to fill us in on your progress

Throw a little voltage on the chip and take her on up.

Everything I read says with higher voltage you wont get anywhere.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: zikronix

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Ike0069
2.5 stable is excellent. For $150, these chips are unreal. Congrats.

My 146 will be here Tuesday, but I still need to order a case/PSU/MB. I kind of just bought the CPU, and my wife was not too happy. I'll have to try and sneak the other orders in soon, because it's gonna kill me having this CPU just sitting around.

thanks i hear you on the wife portion. when i told her i was going to get a new psu, mine was pretty cool...

good luck on the 146, you will have to fill us in on your progress

Throw a little voltage on the chip and take her on up.

Everything I read says with higher voltage you wont get anywhere.

it will, i went to 2.6 and 2.8(although i got a bsod...)

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: zikronix

Originally posted by: Rapier

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Ike0069
2.5 stable is excellent. For $150, these chips are unreal. Congrats.

My 146 will be here Tuesday, but I still need to order a case/PSU/MB. I kind of just bought the CPU, and my wife was not too happy. I'll have to try and sneak the other orders in soon, because it's gonna kill me having this CPU just sitting around.

thanks i hear you on the wife portion. when i told her i was going to get a new psu, mine was pretty cool...

good luck on the 146, you will have to fill us in on your progress

Throw a little voltage on the chip and take her on up.

Everything I read says with higher voltage you wont get anywhere.

it will, i went to 2.6 and 2.8(although i got a bsod...)

Alot also has to do with the stepping. The CABYE's are the ones that started the Opty craze as they have proven to be unbelievable OC'ers. Quite a few people with 146 CABYE's have reached 3.0 GHz with extra Vcore.
But the steppings released since then have not been as good and really hit a wall. No matter how much voltage you put to them, they don't increase much in speed, at least while still being stable.

 

[zikronix]

i got some goofy stepping like cajye or some crap...dont remember but it stops @ 2350 on my k8n neo 4 platinium im really dis appointed I ditched a venice 3200+ that could hit 2.5 stabe for this pos....i might need to tweak any one else get one from excaliber pc tell me what stepping it is.

 

[zikronix]

ttt sorry

 

[kamranziadar]

Originally posted by: zikronix
i got some goofy stepping like cajye or some crap...dont remember but it stops @ 2350 on my k8n neo 4 platinium im really dis appointed I ditched a venice 3200+ that could hit 2.5 stabe for this pos....i might need to tweak any one else get one from excaliber pc tell me what stepping it is.

What setting are you running? Which memory you are using? Give us some detail.

 

[bsipe9]

Anyone buy one from excaliber recently? Just wondering how long it took to ship, any problems, etc?

 

[AU Tiger]

Originally posted by: bsipe9
Anyone buy one from excaliber recently? Just wondering how long it took to ship, any problems, etc?

zikronix ordered from them last week and already received.

 

[Mucker]

I ordered a 146 retail from Excaliber on Friday the 13th. Arrived the following Tuesday (17th).

CPU: Opteron 146
Stepping: CAB2E 0546 UPMW
Overclocked speed: 2800 mhz
CPU voltage: 1.525
Idle temp: 34C
Load temp: 48C
Cooling: Thermalright XP-90
Motherboard: DFI nF4 Ultra-D
Ram: G.Skill 2GBZX
Ram size: 2 x 1024 meg
Ram timings: 3-3-2-5-1T
Ram divider: 9:10, DDR510
Ram voltage: 2.7v

OCCT
SuperPi 32M

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[Justus]

Ordered 1/11 from Excaliber. Arrived today, 1/19. CACJE. Still waiting for my Qpack case, so can't say more yet.

 

[kuangs168]

order 1/13, got it today... fast shipping, but they use USPS box inside out to cut box cost..cheap bastards. i got CACJE stepping too, with stock hsf running 2.5ghz at 1.5 volt

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: kuangs168
order 1/13, got it today... fast shipping, but they use USPS box inside out to cut box cost..cheap bastards. i got CACJE stepping too, with stock hsf running 2.5ghz at 1.5 volt

fedex lost mine...
i hate you

EDIT:woohoo! i just got owned by neighbor! got the packages shipped to my moms house (safer), and she's been out of town. neighbor thought they'd be nice and hold "her" package for her.

CAB2E 0546UPWM-
we'll see how it clocks tomorrow...
and is it just me or is AMD's packaging way sexier than Intel's?

 

[Ike0069]

Got my 146 from Tankguys.
CAB2E 0546 FPAW

I'm still waiting on my MB though.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
Got my 146 from Tankguys.
CAB2E 0546 FPAW

:thumbsup: :beer:

 

[zikronix]

Originally posted by: Justus
Ordered 1/11 from Excaliber. Arrived today, 1/19. CACJE. Still waiting for my Qpack case, so can't say more yet.

This is the stepping I got and I fixed my problem...I thought I was using the latest bios but well I wasnt.

Either way It would post at 3 GHZ after some crazy tweaking but it was wildly unstable... So I backed it off to 2.9 with the same unstable results. (I think its my memory)

In the end I got 2800 280 x 10 with htt at 3x only .25 of voltage however I went to 275 x 10 htt is at 4x (1100) rock solid...The only thing im not wild about is my memory only running at 183MHZ vs 200 or above. But I got to keep my timings so im not sure i will notice a difference.

 

[Rapier]

So much for prices going up on these Opterons. The link below shows AMD just announced price cuts across their product lines.

The Opti 146 @ $125ea. /1000 units
The Opti 144 @ $111ea. /1000 units

AMD Press Release

Rapier

 

[imported_Super]

Originally posted by: Rapier
So much for prices going up on these Opterons. The link below shows AMD just announced price cuts across their product lines.

The Opti 146 @ $125ea. /1000 units
The Opti 144 @ $111ea. /1000 units

AMD Press Release

Rapier

That's nice. ...but what to do now ... pickup a 146 or just conitnue waiting for AM2 and see prices drop some more.

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: Rapier
So much for prices going up on these Opterons. The link below shows AMD just announced price cuts across their product lines.

The Opti 146 @ $125ea. /1000 units
The Opti 144 @ $111ea. /1000 units

AMD Press Release

Rapier

Actually, those prices were the same as they always were. *however* they mean about as much now as they did before... NOTHING.

My wholesale prices on all the 1XX 939 opterons are up... significantly. Prices on the 144 went up almost $60, prices on the 146 went up almost $70.

Despite what the pages on AMD site say, price have gone up. Granted, that makes very little sense, but it's true.

 

[Rapier]

Tankguys, I don't doubt that fact at all. The processors are in high demand by the OC enthusiast and if AMD can't supply that sector, the prices will naturally go higher. I was hoping for a price reduction, because I'd like one for my gaming server. But I guess I'll stay with my 3200+ Winchester core (@ 2.6ghz) for a while longer.

Wishful thinking ....

 

[Ike0069]

I'm glad I got mine when I did. Build starts on Friday night.

 

[Ike0069]

I got my rig up and running last night.
Using the Asrock Dual SATA board, I got 2700 Prime stable. I need a different BIOS to go higher , and this CPU appears to have a fair amount of OC left.

CAB2E 0546 FPAW

 

[bsipe9]

Quick question for those who used the stock heatsink: Did you just use the gray paste that came pre"installed" or did you scrape it off in favor of your own?

 

[Ronnie]

The grey paste is fine for one time use, if you decide to remove the heatsink at a later date you will need some AS5.

 

[Avalon]

I don't even touch the paste on the HSF. My trusty SI-120 takes care of everything