actually, the x2's are overclocking just as well as the opty's.I can hit 2.8 on air with my 3800 and with water i shoulkd be able to go 3ghz, same as or better than what opty 165 and 170 are doing.
actually, the x2's are overclocking just as well as the opty's.I can hit 2.8 on air with my 3800 and with water i shoulkd be able to go 3ghz, same as or better than what opty 165 and 170 are doing.
All of the dual core Opteron's and 4400+ and above have 2 x 1mb cache compared to the 3800+/4200+ 2 x 512kb cache but that gives hardly any performance increase. People just recommend the Opty 165 over the 3800+ is that because it overclocks just as well with 2 x 1mb cache.
i have a 4400+ and the highest i can get it stable is 2.47ghz at 1.4 volts. I regret buying it. If you have the money go with the Opty 170. Fantastic Proccesor. Or go with the 165 if your budget is lower. Both quality proccesors.