x2 4400 or opty 170/175

[harry18]

im got this dilema, i dunno weather to go for the 4400, or a 170, or even the 175, but its more expensive, any ideas?

 

[PZEROFGH]

Opty 170 cause its cheaper, most likely overclocks better/same for cheaper price.

 

[Timaphillips]

Everyone here will tell you to get the Opty, except me. If you don't feel like dealing w/overclocking get the X2. The 4400+ kicks some serious ***.

 

[harry18]

hmm, to what speeds can you OC the opty and the 4400 to?

 

[Lord AnthraX]

Id go with a 165 and get a kickass video card..

 

[harry18]

a 165, ill get a 7900gtx regardless, but i spose i have up to £350 for a CPU

 

[P-Zero]

Id also say go with the opty 165. I have one in my rig, I have OCed to a 2.5 stable, temps never went above 49C aircooled with the stock cpu cooler, @ 1.44-1.45v. What mobo are you using? if youre not stuck to nvidia products get an ati x850xgto, awesome stats and its cheap (in the Us anyway). Just my 2 cents.
-P.

 

[harry18]

well i was goin with dfi, and a 7900gtx, but yea i got a budget of up to 500$ for the cpu

 

[Green Radience]

Opteron 165 + X1900XT + Buy fun things so you can have even more fun.

 

[john3]

how bout cut down on the mobo and get a MSI K8n neo4-f, Opteron 165, and a x1900 xtx. even better.