Mouth Watering Socket 939 Opteron Goodness

[Fallengod]

Originally posted by: foodfightr
How do you tell if its CABxE?

I'm wondering how one checks....

You look on the chip? It says it for the stepping code.

 

[xenolith]

Originally posted by: greenwar
Anybody knows apart from Cabne what other stepping+date code is good for overclocking? I know Cabge had been a disappointment (for overclockers ofcourse) in terms of reaching 3.0ghz for a resonable vcore. I was hearing that certain Cabye week and batch is good for overclocking.

I have a 146 CABYE 0536 GPMW, which doesnt seem like a good stepping from what I see in other forums. I havent been able to test mine cause my Ultra-D mobo has not arrived yet.

Guys please shed some light in this aspect.

I've seen plenty of people get to 3ghz with the 0536. It's just more hit-or-miss than w/CABNE. Also, you need more vcore to get there w/CABYE, and I don't mean mega vcore, more like around ~1.6v. You need really good cooling too.

The CABNE is so popular because everyone seems to be able to hit 3ghz and up with near default vcore, which is always attractive.

I'd wait and test that little puppy in your Ultra-D before coming to any conclusions.

 

[Drizzy]

So are the 144 the exact same chipset just at a lower default speed? 1.8 Ghz instead of the 2.0 Ghz by the 146? Are there any other differences? Have people been able to OC the 144's as well as the 146? I assume this is similar to the 2400-2600+ Mobile Bartons? Thanks.

 

[xenolith]

Yes, people are getting to 3ghz with the 144, with the right stepping.

 

[Mucker]

Originally posted by: greenwar
Anybody knows apart from Cabne what other stepping+date code is good for overclocking? I know Cabge had been a disappointment (for overclockers ofcourse) in terms of reaching 3.0ghz for a resonable vcore. I was hearing that certain Cabye week and batch is good for overclocking.

I have a 146 CABYE 0536 GPMW, which doesnt seem like a good stepping from what I see in other forums. I havent been able to test mine cause my Ultra-D mobo has not arrived yet.

Guys please shed some light in this aspect.

Somebody liked my CABYE 0536GPMW so much, I let them buy it for 300 bones on Ebay...woot Now licking my chops for a 165 dualy at $299....

m

 

[Drizzy]

Any suggestions on mobos that will make a smooth OC? If I get one of thse I gotta upgrade my mobo too...

What about this one? ASRock - its cheap!

Im not quite ready to upgrade my AGP vidcard.

 

[foodfightr]

Do you need registered RAM and all the other BS that usually goes along with opteron or not?

 

[Drizzy]

Originally posted by: xenolith
Yes, people are getting to 3ghz with the 144, with the right stepping.

The 144's have 9X multipliers while the 146 have 10X multipliers - correct? That is one thing to consider I guess. Have to have a system that can handle a higher HTT

 

[Drizzy]

Originally posted by: foodfightr
Do you need registered RAM and all the other BS that usually goes along with opteron or not?

Per Martin earlier in the thread:

"quote:

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Originally posted by: Mucker
AMD wanted to get the Opterons off the ECC memory requirement of the 940 in order to gain more of the low end server market on a 939 platform which doesn't require registered memory.

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Slight correction: Socket 940 enforced registered RAM, not ECC RAM.

All AMD64 CPUs socket 754, 939 or 940 support ECC and non-ECC RAM. Most 754 and 939 mainboards do not allow you to make use of the ECC, though. "

 

[Doug117]

Yes thank you dizzy for pointing out to the person too lazy to read thru this thread that Opty 939 dont need Registered RAM. Also, OP updated!! Keep those links comin!

 

[Mucker]

Nice job on the updates Doug :beer:

You may want to add the retail 146 from Tankguys for $160 and the OEM 148 from Monarch for $221...

 

[JfBrshie56]

Originally posted by: Mucker
Nice job on the updates Doug :beer:

You may want to add the retail 146 from Tankguys for $160 and the OEM 148 from Monarch for $221...

Holy crap that was a nice price drop they put on the 148 . . . from $290 OEM to $221. Glad I held myself back from snagging one at the old price.

OOS now though.

Edit: Fixed Typo

 

[xenolith]

Originally posted by: Doug117
Keep those links comin!

ZZF has the 144 as of this post.

EDIT: I just got off the phone with ZZF CS, and of course they said they have no way of checking the stepping.

 

[zetachi]

any idea of the stepping?

 

[Diogenes2]

Mwave seems to have a bunch of Opteron 939's... ( no 146's though )

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ViewProducts...D&updepts=CPU&DNAME=Processors+%2D+CPU

When I put a 175 in my cart ( not ready to buy, just checking shipping ) , I got a $10 discount .. Hmmmm..

 

[Zebo]

Got a 165 on the way

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Got a 165 on the way

Nice let me know how that runs, would you? I'm thinking of getting one of those in a month maybe.

 

[Greenman]

Opteron 146 for $152. Estimated date of availability: 11/02/05
http://www.dreamhardware.com/products/details.php?product_id=407177

 

[Zim]

Originally posted by: Greenman
Opteron 146 for $152. Estimated date of availability: 11/02/05
http://www.dreamhardware.com/products/details.php?product_id=407177

Been OOS forever.

144 available HERE for $133 + $7 shipping.

 

[Zebo]

zim beat me to it

 

[Zim]

Originally posted by: Zebo
$140 shipped for 144!!!

In stock and only 19 left as I type.

They had 20 until 2 minutes ago!

 

[Zim]

Originally posted by: Zebo
zim beat me to it

Actually, you beat me by 1 minute. I added my info to an existing post. The victory is YOURS!!

 

[Zebo]

LOL 16! I think you should post in hot deals and watch them really fly.

 

[tommy2q]

hey zebo,

what mobo can be used with the opteron 165 and what kind of memory? can i just use an asus a8n sli premium and ocz 2x1gb pc3200 platinum ram? thanks.

forgot one more thing; how is the cpu fan that comes with the retail version?

tommy

 

[greenwar]

Originally posted by: Drizzy
Any suggestions on mobos that will make a smooth OC? If I get one of thse I gotta upgrade my mobo too...

What about this one? ASRock - its cheap!

Im not quite ready to upgrade my AGP vidcard.

I would not get the Asrock mobo. I have one of those. Highest vcore you can get without vcore mod is 1.45v thats with OCWbeta 2 bios. Mobo is very unstable. My 6800 had a hell of a time working on that mobo. Had problems with with fx5500. highest vdimm can be set to 2.8v if i am not wrong (without vdimm mod).

I would get the Dfi Ultra-D. Well worth the money.