What's up with all the Opterons?

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

totally depends... on... everything. You kinda need to make the motherboard compatible with everything that you HAVE. You know?

Ryan

 

[Jayce]

*shrugs* I'm thinking of everything I have now and besides a PCIE slot I don't think there's much else to consider.

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

Opterons come in only socket 939 right?

 

[Jayce]

Opterons come in only socket 939 right?

On Newegg all I'm seeing is 940 socket...

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

940 is the way that most of them came. I think the reason everyone's going opteron happy is because they're becoming commonplaced in socket 939 now. All they have to do is upgrade thier processors.

Actually, I think the first generation of opterons came in socket 939 too if I'm not mistaken. Someone who knows should probably answer this question though.

Ryan

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

yeah i've been looking at server systems on newegg and the optys are pretty popular for those. oh and i looked they do come in 939. but the servers are 940.

 

[PZEROFGH]

s939 opterons that can OC to 3Ghz on air and on very little voltage :shocked: I WANT ONE NOW!!

 

[reggie_da_man]

I'm actually thinking of getting one, Im not going to pull anything out of my Dell because that's the family pc. I'm building one up from scratch. Probably a DFI-Lanparty and a 6600GT (maybe a 6800GT if I can save up enough cash). I'm definitely going to overclock this system. Since I know nothing about Opterons, what would be a good one to get on a budget that overclocks to decent speeds?

 

[silentassassin]

i think da opteron was meant to be put into a server and overclocked...but people are now puting them into a gamin machina....i might go to an opteron from a san diego...not sure cuz i really don't wanna mess with the oc part..neva done it so that makes me a nub @ it.......also is the opteron 64 bit?

 

[Static_11]

opterons weren't made exclusvly for servers. But they are what worked best.

They are just an all around, great overclocking cpu