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Name: Cobra_R
I'm building my friend a 939 socket pc and I was looking around and saw an Opteron 146 Venus processor at 2.0ghz 1mb of cache for only $190. But the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice processor at 2.0ghz 512k of cache also runs for $190.
I want to get the Opteron 146, but I wanted to make sure what you guys thought before I go get it, just to make sure.
Get either one.
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"the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice processor at 2.0ghz 512k of cache also runs for $190"
Last time I looked, it was $152
at newegg (& others)
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Well the opteron 146 have any kind of problems running on a 939 socket motherboard that isn't listed to support it?
Cause I was thinking of getting him the Asus Geforce 6150 motherboard it supports everything but it doesn't mention the opteron. I'm wonder if i'm going to have a problem with it or it doesn't matter?
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I'm curious as to why you want the Opteron? Admittedly, I've read little about it other than it's a 'server chip' & it's not a CPU that's mentioned in these forums very often...neither is the Xeon or Athlon MP. Other than more L2 cache, what makes it more attractive than the 3200+ Venice?
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When looking at the Opteron specs, I see that there's no L1 cache listed?
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1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2
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"When looking at the Opteron specs, I see that there's no L1 cache listed?"
L1 is described as "64-Kbyte 2-Way Associative Parity-Protected Instruction Cache" @amd.com
I'm not a AMD user, but I've built several AMD systems and personally I'd go for the 3200+. I like the Cool 'n quiet technology. By the way, i thought the Opteron is an 32-bit cpu. If someone can confirm this, i'd defenitely go for the Athlon64.
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Have a look here Opteron
It may help?
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Hey Indie,
Haven't seen ya around these parts much lately. Excellent link...lots of good info there, plus it contained other links with lots of good info. Pretty much brought me up to speed. Thanks.
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Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2
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The opteron is 64 bit.
So what is the final recommendation? Opteron or A64. I think I'm gonna try out the opteron.
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I was looking at the L2 Cache 1mb that may come in handy with 64bit OS is the main reason and he is on a budget but he doesn't want something too budget. I dunno It's someting that is going to be diff then the norm. He wants a something with a budget price but with mid range preformance. So I thought this setup would be perfect for that.
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From what I read these Opteron 64 on the 939 socket will be able to overclock more stable then the mainstream Athlon 64's due to the work loads that they are made to handle for single servers. So the Opterons 64 seem like the more and more obv choice to get.
From what I read, there shouldn't be a problem putting any of these socket 939 Opteron 64's on any socket 939 motherboards, especially newer 939 socket motherboards that can were made after the Venice and San Diego Athlon 64 cores.
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1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2
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