What opteron would you guys get?the 144,146,or 148?I dont want a dual core right now just single,and yes It has to be a opteron.Ive seen alot of people make it to 3ghz with proper cooling.Are all the 144,146,148 the same when it comes to overclocking.Im on a budget for 150.00u.s and i saw a 144 going for 125.00u.s

you just answered your own question, although I haven't seen them that cheap "Im on a budget for 150.00u.s and i saw a 144 going for 125.00u.s" Make sure you have the right board for overclocking...one based on the nForce4 Ultra or nForce4 SLi chipset, preferrably DFI

so the 144 thats cheap?lol!.I was thinking of the dual opteron,but to much mula.I`ll wait a few months or years until the price is right.My friends are spanking me now with there expensive dual cores,but ill spank them when I buy something for half the price.lol!!They spend like 1500.00 on parts,and I spend 750.00 on the same.Who spankin who?My buds get spanked so bad by the retailers when they comeout with new stuff that there twin cheeks get hotter then the prescott cpu`s.lol!!Thanks there jam.My kinda dude.

I would for the opteron 146 since it has 10x multiplier. Buy yourself DDR600 RAM and o/c from 200x10 to 300x10 = 3Ghz 1:1 DDR600 RAM... Opteron 148 on the other hand have 11x multiplier, 275x11 ~ 3Ghz 1:1 DDR550 will run slower than 146... 144 has even lower multiplier and passing the 300Mhz FSB could lead to stability problem... So Opteron 146 is the best one to get... TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE Pentium 4 506 2.66Ghz @ 4000Mhz @ 1.5125v 1024MB Dual Channel DDR400 40GB 5400RPM + 120GB 7200RPM HD 128MB Radoen 9500 mod 9700 @ 360/585

dude.nice overclock 4.0ghz.sweet!Thats a sick overclock.To bad its an intel.lol!easy,foolin yah!.I was actually looking for ddr 500,but man is 1gb expensive.cost more then the cpu.I was looking at the corsair pro,and the ocz.

The beauty of the A64 is that because of the integrated memory controller, there is no FSB to be in sync with, so you can run async without taking a huge performance hit.

4Ghz is not max for my CPU. Max is 250x20 = 5Ghz, that I will need vaporchill to achieve... But Intel's data sheet show a maximum Vcc of -0.3v to 1.55v. So to reach 5Ghz, I will need to crank up the vcore to at least 1.6V, resulting 0.05v above Intel's absolute max and will get similar symtoms similar to Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome at ocforums... Also, P4 at 4Ghz out perform Athlon FX53 at most application except games, which I won't be play much... http://cpu.zol.com.cn/2005/0706/183286.shtml Check on P5-P9 for more benchmarks... Another way to solve that problem would be buy Opteron 146 and run your memory at 3:2 setting. So CPU will run at 300Mhz FSB x 3HTT and ram stay at 200Mhz. Also one last thing to mention is that AMD's integrated memory controller is more sensitive to CAS Latency than memory bandwidth... (See below) AMD's New M2 platform with DDR2 4-4-4-12 vs DDR400 2-2-2-5 http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/21/a_look_at_amds_socket_am2_platform/page9.html TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE Pentium 4 506 2.66Ghz @ 4000Mhz @ 1.5125v 1024MB Dual Channel DDR400 40GB 5400RPM + 120GB 7200RPM HD 128MB Radoen 9500 mod 9700 @ 360/585