Opteron 165 Retail $99.99 Shipped @ Newegg!!!

[intogamer]

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[shamgar03]

Do you have to have a server motherboard to use this?

 

[dehemke]

This is about where these need to be priced to have any value against the C2D.

I love AMD, but they need to get the new chips out soon. It feels like the K5 days again where they can only compete on low budget builds.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: shamgar03
Do you have to have a server motherboard to use this?

Nope its a server class chip on socket 939

 

[Netopia]

Couldn't hold out any longer... even though I've got a 4000+ running at 2.88GHz, I figure this might be the last hoorah for this mobo setup, so I bit the bullet.

Joe

 

[Nick5324]

Nice find, great chip for those wanting to hold on to their 939 set-up.

 

[RallyMaster]

they still exist?!!!111 splooooooooooooge! all I want out of that thing is the heatsink though

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
they still exist?!!!111 splooooooooooooge! all I want out of that thing is the heatsink though

Go ahead and order one. Feel free to keep the heatsink and send the chip to me.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Netopia
Couldn't hold out any longer... even though I've got a 4000+ running at 2.88GHz, I figure this might be the last hoorah for this mobo setup, so I bit the bullet.

Joe

Please report steppings

 

[filibusterman]

since I moved my 146@2.9GHz to my htpc which will be getting a xbox360 hd drive tomorrow, would this 165 give me much benefit over the 146?

 

[A5]

I paid $300 for this ~1.5 years ago

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: filibusterman
since I moved my 146@2.9GHz to my htpc which will be getting a xbox360 hd drive tomorrow, would this 165 give me much benefit over the 146?

165 is Dual Core.

So you can encode/decode faster, as long as the enocder/decoder support multiple CPUs.

Most opteron 165s I have seen, you can o/c to 2.5-3.0GHz range.

 

[Bill Kunert]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
they still exist?!!!111 splooooooooooooge! all I want out of that thing is the heatsink though

I just threw an Opteron 4 pipe heatsink away. Guess I should have sold it.

 

[richd111]

AMD Price cuts....

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[AmpedSilence]

Originally posted by: A5
I paid $300 for this ~1.5 years ago

I paid almost $60+ more for it in January! but that is the nature of the business.

 

[wayliff]

i wish i needed one...

 

[Satyrist]

Now back in stock...

Also, ZZF has 'em for $104 shipped.

 

[middlehead]

Far too tempting.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Currently, I've got a 939 3800+ X2 running at 2.52Ghz (1.375v) on an Ultra-D with 1GB of RAM.

I'm torn between spending ~$200-$250 for an upgrade to an AM2 Brisbane 3600+ that includes CPU, RAM, and MB, or getting this with hopefully being able to hit 2.8Ghz. I could sell my 3800+ for $50, so the end price would only be $50 for the 165.

I'm not wasting money on DDR at this point, so I'd still be stuck with only a GB of RAM. I don't game much anymore, though.

I think I just talked myself into getting the 165.

[Edit] Pulled the trigger on it after seeing it come back in stock.

 

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

AMD price cuts on 939, woot. im glad i skipped dd2.

 

[Dantzig]

Very, very tempting. I'm tempted to replace my FX-55 with one of these . . .

Of course my work computer only has a 3200+ (or is it a 3000+?) so maybe that would be a better place to put it.

 

[KenAF2]

IMO, there's no reason to throw more money away on the Socket939 platform. Six months ago, it made sense to upgrade an existing 939 platform due to the high price of DDR2 memory. However, DDR2 memory has fallen so much that you can make the jump to AM2 or Intel's Core2 Duo platform for a relatively small premium. With those platforms, you get more performance per dollar than you do with the 939 chips.

Effective July 22, just six weeks from now, the Intel Core Duo E4400 (2.0GHz), E6550 (2.33GHz), E6750 (2.66GHz), and E6850 (3GHz) fall to $113, $163, $183, and $266 respectively. The Core2 Quad Q6600 (quad core, 2.4GHz) also falls to $266. Many overclock their Q6600 to 3.0-3.2GHz with stock cooling.

 

[Dantzig]

That's true if you're building a whole new system. However, if you have an existing 939 system with a slow single core CPU, it makes a lot of sense to upgrade to dual core for $100

 

[Dravic]

Originally posted by: KenAF2
IMO, there's no reason to throw more money away on the Socket939 platform. Six months ago, it made sense to upgrade an existing 939 platform due to the high price of DDR2 memory. However, DDR2 memory has fallen so much that you can make the jump to AM2 or Intel's Core2 Duo platform for a relatively small premium. With those platforms, you get more performance per dollar than you do with the 939 chips.

Effective July 22, just six weeks from now, the Intel Core Duo E4400 (2.0GHz), E6550 (2.33GHz), E6750 (2.66GHz), and E6850 (3GHz) fall to $113, $163, $183, and $266 respectively. The Core2 Quad Q6600 (quad core, 2.4GHz) also falls to $266. Many overclock their Q6600 to 3.0-3.2GHz with stock cooling.

where are they selling this free ddr2 memory you speak of? people aren't buying new, they are making there existing 939 setups last longer...


tell me how i can spend $100 and get a equiv system of a 2.7ghz opty?

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Had my Opty 165 for about a year and a half now, awesome chip, running it at 2.6GHz, I'm currently pairing it with a 320MB 8800GTS, and it runs everything I can throw at it at 1680x1050 on my 22" Acer LCD, and it all looks superb.

$105 for this chip is a steal, even compared to the C2D crop IMO. I'll probably move up to a quad core setup early next year, but for now, I couldn't be happier with this proc.