Opteron mutipliers

[peacetilence]

I have some interest in purchasing a dual core opteron but at the moment my motherboard and memory are a bit weak for oc'ing and I don't really have any interest in spending more money to replace them. What are the multipliers on these dual core opterons? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere this mobo flakes out at frequencies above 270. I think I would need atleast 10x or 11x for a decent oc.

 

[Logan321]

Figuring out the multiplier is easy. Just look at the CPU speed...

2.0GHz = 200MHz FSB x 10
2.2GHz = 200MHz FSB x 11
2.4GHz = 200MHz FSB x 12

And so on... though I think 2.4 is the highest dual opteron, the other difference is just in the l2 cache size.

 

[Spazilton]

Opteron 165 1.8Ghz 9x
Opteron 170 2.0Ghz 10x
Opteron 175 2.2Ghz 11x
Opteron 180 2.4Ghz 12x

 

[otogrim]

well you're best bet would be the 170 then as the dual cores generally overclock to around 2.7 so 270 x 10 would be perfect.