Which opterion to buy?

[darkmanx4lf]

(sorry title should say opteron not opterion)

I was thinking to get a opteron cpu, but not sure which oen to get. I was looking at the 165, 170, 175, and 180 models, I notice they haver a 9x, 10, 11, and 12x multiplier respectively. Which one of these processors is good for this setup:

Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 (volt modded)
Kingston 2x512 Value Ram

I have another build with the same mobo but different ram (2x1gb Kingston Value ram) and different processor (x2 3800) that runs at either 9x300 or 10x270 both giving 2.7ghz stable...

 

[ASUDevil83]

from what i recall the 170 should be the best proc for overclocking. the 165 does well, but the 170 has the 10x which lets it hit a bit higher.

 

[darkmanx4lf]

what about the 175 which has 11x and 180 12x ?

 

[Kahnvex]

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[Kahnvex]

Personally, I'm going to go with the 185 with a 13x multi.

I plan to keep this proc. and upgrade in a year or so to a 939/PCi-E platform, so that proc should do well for me especially if I can get it to around the 2.8 - 2.9 mark

 

[dcds1]

I have an opty 185. I have ran the chip in two boards now. An Asus A8N32SLI Deluxe and an Asus A8RMVP Deluxe. On both boards I have been able to run the chip at 3Ghz with 1.45 v or 3.25G with 1.5v. I personally run it at the 3Ghz because it runs 2 deg C cooler at idle and about 6 deg C cooler under full load. I am water cooling the proc. At the 3.25Ghz it would max out around 52 deg C and at 3 Ghz it maxes out at 46 deg C. The room temp is at 78 deg F so roughly 25 deg C.