Opteron 165 vs 170

[Lord AnthraX]

Ok I know there is a huge price diffrent and the speeds is only .2 GHz but would it be better to get that extra .2, becuase I heard some 165 dont overclock well and some do, Im just not sure......please make me sure...Im about to buy all the parts right now just debating between 165 and 170..

 

[Flanker]

165s are great overclockers, but a 170 will always overclock just a little bit higher. You're guaranteed 2.6GHz with a 165, and you're guaranteed a 2.8GHz with a 170.

 

[Lord AnthraX]

Ok...thank you flanker

 

[Brtnboarder495]

165s are great overclockers, but a 170 will always overclock just a little bit higher. You're guaranteed 2.6GHz with a 165, and you're guaranteed a 2.8GHz with a 170.

I've heard 165's tend to be the best dual core Opterons when it comes to OCing. And for $100 more, 200mhz really isn't worth it.

 

[Flanker]

Its your own preference. I prefer 2.9GHz over 2.7GHz, so I would go with a Opteron 170.

 

[Brtnboarder495]

For $100 more though? Idk, I'd say dual core 2.7ghz is still quite powerful. I guess it depends on how much money you got to deal with though and whether or not you want to OC in the first place.

 

[Waphlez]

I'm still debating with myself to get a Opteron 165, a X2 3800+, or a X2 4400+. It's just that I never overclocked a CPU before and I don't want to buy a 330 dollar cpu and not have it overclock right. But I'm always paranoid of things not working. I do have a DFI Lanpary mobo though so it should overclock fine on that. How far can you normally go on stock heatsink and AS5?

If I can hit 2.4 or 2.6GHz I'm happy with that, FX-60 speeds are fine for me lol.

If I do go down the Opteron route I am going to get a Zalmann heatsink as well as good OCing RAM. What is good OCing RAM that is 2GB?

 

[003]

165s are great overclockers, but a 170 will always overclock just a little bit higher. You're guaranteed 2.6GHz with a 165, and you're guaranteed a 2.8GHz with a 170.

There are no guarantees about anything.

 

[TheMajor]

It depends on the board and RAM and cooling.

 

[Flanker]

There are no guarantees about anything.