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I wish I hade made the move to dual CPU's sooner. In the past I was an OC'r always looking for the optimal settings and stability at max OC. What a difference dual Optys make! It has been about two weeks and I could not be happier. I have never known what true stability is until now. When you use your rig for gaming and business both, you want the best of everything, and I have found it. I never have to worry about which CMOS config I load any more. I also like the upgrade path, hell I like it all!
 
I moved to SMP for my desktop workstation...and I probably will never go back to single processor again.

My gaming rig still has a single core athlon64...but I think I am going to change that and get a dual core soon :D
 
draconius said:
I moved to SMP for my desktop workstation...and I probably will never go back to single processor again.

My gaming rig still has a single core athlon64...but I think I am going to change that and get a dual core soon :D
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Why? Dual 254's are like having to FX's!
 
dave_graham said:
actually, the 285s i've got are like having 2 x FX-60s in one system...not too shabby.

dave
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Nice of you to one up me, no matter im still quite happy.
BTW, what is my trade in value?
 
dave_graham said:
actually, the 285s i've got are like having 2 x FX-60s in one system...not too shabby.

dave
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Yes but having dual Opteron 254's is like having two FX-57's. Which will win on the gaming front due to the clock speed difference.
 
Dan_D said:
Yes but having dual Opteron 254's is like having two FX-57's. Which will win on the gaming front due to the clock speed difference.
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Thanks, I needed that!
COD2 never looked so good and I sweat a lot more now while playing. PDV!
 
Dan_D said:
Yes but having dual Opteron 254's is like having two FX-57's. Which will win on the gaming front due to the clock speed difference.
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and my 4 cores will spank your 2 in EVERYTHING with a 200mhz differential. LOL

seriously, not that big of a difference (price, yes, but otherwise...meh) oh, and with a little ClockGen or nTune action, i can just goose them a bit more. after all, they are CCB1E 0550 vPAWs... :)

dave
 
i love my dualie rig...

though i loose to u guys in the clock speed department with my "measily" 2.4ghz our of dual 265s :)
 
schucks..now i wanna go dualie..

I have an A643200 currently...is it possible to get another ? and then get a board for it ? (if it exists ?)

edit : or is it better to sell of my proc and board and go with a new setup all together ? the rest of my rig is my sig. Used basically for gaming and photoshop...
 
Rishy said:
schucks..now i wanna go dualie..

I have an A643200 currently...is it possible to get another ? and then get a board for it ? (if it exists ?)

edit : or is it better to sell of my proc and board and go with a new setup all together ? the rest of my rig is my sig. Used basically for gaming and photoshop...
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Only the opterons 2xx series and above can go dual socket.
 
Asian Dub Foundation said:
and dave, waht does "CCB1E 0550 vPAWs" mean? ;) 3ghz easy?
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that's the stepping. the CCB1E 0550 VPMW 170, for example, does 3.0ghz overclocks "easy" this is from the same week (for example) and as such has a good likelyhood of hitting a good oc. (granted, it'd be a 400mhz overclock to 3.0ghz, but whatever).

dave
 
This is why I'm glad I know (somewhat) dave here on [H]...when I finally get around to buying dually parts, I can buy a guranteed good stepping Opty from him :D Then again, I'd be a little more than pissed if Conroe Xeons started whipping my just built rig.
 
Unfortunately, that is the problem with PC's, you are always months away from being leap-frogged.
 
theseeker said:
Unfortunately, that is the problem with PC's, you are always months away from being leap-frogged.
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In this case, a very expensive leapfrog. :(
 
Yes, I completely understand your feelings. That is why I went the setup that I chose. I felt like this would allow me the greatest flexibility for upgrading in the future.
 
Well, if you get leapfrogged, at least the price for the really fast processors will drop. Hopefully :p I don't care if I have the latest system, I just want a fast one. I've grown accustomed to the idea that my hardware depreciates as fast as I can buy it.

 
unhappy_mage said:
Well, if you get leapfrogged, at least the price for the really fast processors will drop. Hopefully :p I don't care if I have the latest system, I just want a fast one. I've grown accustomed to the idea that my hardware depreciates as fast as I can buy it.

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Well put, speed works.
 
unhappy_mage said:
I've grown accustomed to the idea that my hardware depreciates as fast as I can buy it.
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I haven't. I was cleaning out a closet and found my first CD-ROM recorder. It cost about $300, and the case of CDs for it was about $200. That was eight or nine years ago. I can buy a $30 burner now thats 32 times faster, and a box of 100 CD blanks for $15.

What if I had invested that $500 in something more useful?
 
mikeblas said:
I haven't. I was cleaning out a closet and found my first CD-ROM recorder. It cost about $300, and the case of CDs for it was about $200. That was eight or nine years ago. I can buy a $30 burner now thats 32 times faster, and a box of 100 CD blanks for $15.

What if I had invested that $500 in something more useful?
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E-Bay is your friend.
 
mikeblas said:
I haven't. I was cleaning out a closet and found my first CD-ROM recorder. It cost about $300, and the case of CDs for it was about $200. That was eight or nine years ago. I can buy a $30 burner now thats 32 times faster, and a box of 100 CD blanks for $15.

What if I had invested that $500 in something more useful?
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Besides, had you invested it, it would be worth much more and you would have bought a new rig :D
 
mikeblas said:
I haven't. I was cleaning out a closet and found my first CD-ROM recorder. It cost about $300, and the case of CDs for it was about $200. That was eight or nine years ago. I can buy a $30 burner now thats 32 times faster, and a box of 100 CD blanks for $15.

What if I had invested that $500 in something more useful?
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When I bought my first DVD recorder, it cost $140, it was 8x (and only usable at 4x - it does zones at 6x and 8x, which make the disk unreadable in any other drive), and single layer. The next week I looked at Newegg to see what they had now. There was a 16x SL burner for the same price. Another week, another check: now it was dual layer. Third week, third check: now the price was $70. And now, of course, a burner with all those features is $50.

I've given up on buying a blue-light DVD recorder within a year of when they come out. I can wait. :p

 
theseeker said:
You can always sell your used gear on E-Bay.
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"Always" is an overstatement. Stuff that's old sells for so cheap that it's not worth bothering. Stuff that's really old doesn't sell at all.
 
mikeblas said:
"Always" is an overstatement. Stuff that's old sells for so cheap that it's not worth bothering. Stuff that's really old doesn't sell at all.
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I only meant that you can sell old gear. I sold a lot recently here in FST forum, and granted I didnt get all my $ back, but I recouped at least 60%.
 
theseeker said:
I only meant that you can sell old gear. I sold a lot recently here in FST forum, and granted I didnt get all my $ back, but I recouped at least 60%.
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So, then, eBay is my friend, but only if I'm buying the beer, huh?
 
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