Quick Questoin: A64 or Opteron?

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Defconn1

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I'm not enough of a gearhead to fully understand the difference, but if I had the choice from a A64 3500+ & Opteron 148, which should I choose? Is there really a big difference?
 
I would go with the opteron. Basically, the opteron is the a64 with class. also the opteron has double the L2 Cache. although the 3500 has a venice core, i belive that the opteron would give a better OC.. i mean.. they're not refferred to as "OpterOWNS" for nothing.. thats my 2 cents.

krueL
 
the 148 is the equivilent of the 3700+ btw, but it'll probably oc a good amount better than it's a64 counterpart
 
Opteron has extra L2 cache (1mb vs. 512k with that Venice). Assuming the prices are similar, there's no reason not to get the Opteron (unless you have a MSI Neo4 Plat SLI).
 
Thanks for all the replies!

(cf)Eclipse, I'm not sure if I'm going to OC right away. I've had bad experiences with doing that. My current motherboard is giving me a hell of a time trying to overclock my AthlonXP 2600+ (barton). If I change -anything- it tells me the system has failed to boot due to overclocking. (my mobo is Asus A7N8X-DX)

krueL, dosn't the opterons have another memory controller or something like that too? I sort of remember something like that, but I'm not sure.

kirbyrj, the prices are $201 for 3500+, and $235 for 148. Part of my brain wanted me to shoot a little higher and get one of the dual cores. But I could only afford the cheapest one, so I would figure that I would get more performance out of a faster single core, than a slower double core. But again, I don't know much about this kind of stuff. o.o;
 
Even if you dont overclock, definately if you could get either go with the Opteron.
 
I didnt compare with other heatsinks so maybe my Zalman is just efficient, but I think my Opteron runs quite cool also. And if thats not good enough, some people can undervolt them to make them run even cooler. (thats plan B since I hit my mobos oc limit)
 
i've got a CABYE 148 Opteron for sale in the forums for 212.00 that's brand new, ne'er been used.

dave
 
I think the Opteron is worth the extra cash. dave_graham has some good deals...I'd see what he has if you're looking to go that route.

I think your problem with your OCing experience was your board ;).
 
I've thought about it a lot, and I think I'll just go with an A64. Dosn't look like there's too much of a difference when it comes to real-life performance numbers. And I'm only going to have 2GB of ram (A64 support 4GB, and Opt supports 8GB, which I probably will never need at this point in time). Plus the fact I'd have to get registered/ecc ram, which would cost a bit more too. So I guess I'll save a few and stick with A64 for now, but maybe I'll bump up to a A64 2X 4200 or something. ^_^

Thanks again for all the replies!
 
The socket 939 opterons use standard ram!!!

They are pretty much relablelled FX chips.

Get the OPTERON!
 
Fawkes said:
The socket 939 opterons use standard ram!!!

They are pretty much relablelled FX chips.

Get the OPTERON!
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Watch your wording - only the CABNE series are rebadged FX chips. The rest are basically the same as San Diego cores.
 
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