Mouth Watering Socket 939 Opteron Goodness

[Zim]

$135 for a 144 here

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: 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

I hope so on motherboard.. I think any 939 board will work but I've only seen DFI work. All it takes is for them to release a bios with updated UPN code to recognise 939 opteron. Your ram will work in any AMD DDR 462/754/939 setup.

 

[the Chase]

Yep any mobo should work. I went with the Msi Neo2-F and it recognized the Opty and ran fine!!

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Zim
$135 for a 144 here

I called them up to verify their stock, and they said they were filling all of their backorders with that stock they just received, and thus have not updated their website to reflect that they are actually out of stock now. A CSR over the phone gave me an ETA of Nov. 9th.

ZZF seems to be the only ones in stock with the 144s, and they are way overpriced. I've got a pre-order at Tankguyz who said they will try to send me out a CABYE this Monday-ish, so our 144 preorders should be shipping then

BTW, Tankguys, you rock.
:thumbsup:

 

[Drizzy]

Yeah I was going to order from them but it was too spendy - lower prices should be available.

 

[xenolith]

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...Product_Code=120330&Category_Code=NA_2

So anybody got a 146 from Monarch's latest stock? I know, $199 is a high price, but if they're CABYE 0540, it might be worth it. Why? Because all indications are the 0540 may be as good if not better than a CABNE. And I've heard inside info that they are CABYE stepping.

 

[Drizzy]

Originally posted by: 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.

Thanks for the suggestion but I need a good OC'ing 939 mobo with AGP - not ready to upgrade my 6800 yet. Any other good 939's with AGP?

 

[RiDE]

TankGuys got 10 CAB2Es, of course they're all taken already.

As good as CABNEs?

 

[xenolith]

Originally posted by: RiDE
TankGuys got 10 CAB2Es, of course they're all taken already.

As good as CABNEs?

Did Tankguys say what they were? 144 or 146?

I saw only a couple guys with a CAB2E so far and they didn't fair too well. IIRC, anything over 2.7ghz was giving them trouble. We really need more feedback before drawing any conclusions on them.

EDIT: That's really to bad, because CAB2E is a FX57 stepping like the CABNE. But like I said, we need more feed back.

 

[Zebo]

Had it up to 2660 on stock HS before I fried my other board.

This POS aSROCK does not have have anythign for volts and worse than that, undervolts!!! So 2400 seems to be max. Will get another board to really test things out.

http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~smanning/2400.JPG


Edit and WTF is wrong with anandtech forums??? many many times I try to come here and no go.

 

[greenwar]

Originally posted by: xenolith

Originally posted by: RiDE
TankGuys got 10 CAB2Es, of course they're all taken already.

As good as CABNEs?

Did Tankguys say what they were? 144 or 146?

I saw only a couple guys with a CAB2E so far and they didn't fair too well. IIRC, anything over 2.7ghz was giving them trouble. We really need more feedback before drawing any conclusions on them.

EDIT: That's really to bad, because CAB2E is a FX57 stepping like the CABNE. But like I said, we need more feed back.

Really, CAB2E is the same core that some of the FX-57s have. Can you please links to those results? If its againsts anandtech rule, can you please pm me the links. I will appreciate it. A lot of google search did not return any result.

 

[RiDE]

Originally posted by: xenolith

Originally posted by: RiDE
TankGuys got 10 CAB2Es, of course they're all taken already.

As good as CABNEs?

Did Tankguys say what they were? 144 or 146?

I saw only a couple guys with a CAB2E so far and they didn't fair too well. IIRC, anything over 2.7ghz was giving them trouble. We really need more feedback before drawing any conclusions on them.

EDIT: That's really to bad, because CAB2E is a FX57 stepping like the CABNE. But like I said, we need more feed back.

He said 144s here.

I have a 146 CABYE 0536 still in the box just waiting for me to get my stuff together but the people selling these things on eBay for $300+ is tempting me to sell it since people with 0540s seem to be getting pretty good results.

 

[RiDE]

Originally posted by: greenwar

Originally posted by: xenolith

Originally posted by: RiDE
TankGuys got 10 CAB2Es, of course they're all taken already.

As good as CABNEs?

Did Tankguys say what they were? 144 or 146?

I saw only a couple guys with a CAB2E so far and they didn't fair too well. IIRC, anything over 2.7ghz was giving them trouble. We really need more feedback before drawing any conclusions on them.

EDIT: That's really to bad, because CAB2E is a FX57 stepping like the CABNE. But like I said, we need more feed back.

Really, CAB2E is the same core that some of the FX-57s have. Can you please links to those results? If its againsts anandtech rule, can you please pm me the links. I will appreciate it. A lot of google search did not return any result.

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[Doug117]

Holy monkeys everyones got em in stock... will be updating OP shortly.... I almost ordered the 144 from Axentmicro the other day.... even tho i got my Venice 3200+ E3 running @ a mild O/C of 2.4Ghz... Grrrrr... prolly will have to splurge here... can always resell on ebay

 

[Rustler]

I am gonna wait on the dual optys to come back in stock.

 

[TankGuys]

Hey all-

They were 10 144's, all CAB2E as mentioned. We've got 4 146's comming in the next day or so to fill a few pre-orders, not sure on any more 146's either. I have more 144's showing up Monday as well, 7 of which are not spoken for, but I do not know what steppings they will be. I'm *guessing* CAB2Es as well since they shipped at roughly the same time as the other 10, but I won't know for sure until we have them.

 

[coomar]

whats CAB2E?

 

[coomar]

from dfi-street's guide to opterons:


Steppings: The list below is a general guide to the strength of steppings,:

1. CABNE 05xx, xx<40
2. CABYE 0540
3, CABNE 0540/CABYE 05xx, xx != 40
4. CABGE

Higher numbers on this list are more likely to reach 3GHz, lower ones less likely. CAB2E's have begun to surface, but it is too soon to say exactly where they lie in the above scheme. Preliminary indications are that they are worse than 2. and better than 4. More results will yield more precision.

 

[MadMikeSS]

Originally posted by: xenolith
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...Product_Code=120330&Category_Code=NA_2

So anybody got a 146 from Monarch's latest stock? I know, $199 is a high price, but if they're CABYE 0540, it might be worth it. Why? Because all indications are the 0540 may be as good if not better than a CABNE. And I've heard inside info that they are CABYE stepping.

I ordered my 146 monday from monarch (retail box) when it was priced at $181+shipping. It arrived today, CABYE 0540FPBW. So far I am doing 300x10 @ 1.52v with my G.Skill PC4400 LE 2x512MB TCCD sticks 1:1 1T. So to confirm, it appears they are CABYE 0540 stepping they are pushing out there. And it seems they do well.

 

[Rustler]

I just ordered a dual core Opeteron from Mwave. 2.0 GHz and 1mbx2 cache $387

 

[Zim]

Originally posted by: MadMikeSS
I ordered my 146 monday from monarch (retail box) when it was priced at $181+shipping. It arrived today, CABYE 0540FPBW. So far I am doing 300x10 @ 1.52v with my G.Skill PC4400 LE 2x512MB TCCD sticks 1:1 1T. So to confirm, it appears they are CABYE 0540 stepping they are pushing out there. And it seems they do well.

Same here. Got my 146 from Monarch today with exact version as you. 3Ghz would be sweet. Will spend the weekend pushing it.

I also got two 144's from two more different sources. Both were CAB2E 0540FPMW. Apparently the are good but not great. Reports of 2.8 on air, but little better even on water. They go for resale.

 

[Avalon]

You guys bought all the 144s up in one day. Nice.

 

[greenwar]

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.

Ok some results from my Opty 146 0536 GPMW - got to 2.5Ghz on stock voltage prime95 stable for 20 mins. Started upping the voltage, reached 2855 Mhz on 1.55V(limit on my evga SLI mobo) prime95 stable for 20 mins(i know I can't claim its entirely stable). Surprisingly my TR Si-120 cooler is working awesome. IDLE temp is 21C and load is around 42C on Prime95. I know the evga mobo has some issues with showing wrong temp, 21C is way to low I think. I will have to wait for the ultra-D to show up before I can verify whether their new bios fixes the temp issue.

 

[johnnqq]

bahh what's better for games??

 

[Assimilator1]

I see there's no UK retailers listed here so here's one for Opterons.

OcUK - 144 £100 & 146 £117

Must admit I haven't looked around so their maybe cheaper elsewhere