opteron 146 or 3700?

[MantisCSS]

what do u think? opteron 146 or Athlon 3700???

[KniFenForK]

146, generally better oc.

[DeludedGuy]

I have a 146 CABNE, I managed to get it to run at 2800 stable, but anything more and it kept crashing. I currently have it at 2500, I dont want/need it any higher.

[sawyen]

no contest really, Opty FTW...

[NightshadowUK]

Definitely the Opteron, unless you can get a 3700+ like mine...

[rainbow]

yes that is a nie chip, i have seen a few 3700 at 3 gig on kempezs forum, although generally the archtecture of opterons means they are more overclockable....

[piranha]

If possible check the stepping before buying - some 3700's are very good. I'm an Opteron fan but a good stepping of either can produce a good overclock.

Get a good cooler though, something like a Big TT, Thermalright, Ninja etc to get the best results.

[rainbow]

he hsa got one that goes 3 gig on dfi with fast ram, he has artic cooler 64 all sound gd? its gunna cost him 150....

[Merlin4458]

how do u find out what ur stepping is for 3700? and what are good steppings. I managed to get mine too 2.6 on stock cooler, running stable. didnt attempt to go further..

[wannabgeek]

Re opteron 146 Athlon 3700
Is there much difference in performance out of the box?
Could i overclock these with a Asrock dual sate mobo? I am a Noob at OC/Building and have £350 burning a hole in pocket and i still need to buy a cpu/Ram & cooling to add to my brand new asrock dual for my 1st ever self build!
Or should i buy something other than the above? TY

Ps sorry to jump in on this thread

[Merlin4458]

if ur not a massive fan of overclocking i would get the 3700 as its quicker out the box, and if u want too do a minor clock, uve got a higher starting point with the 3700 at 2.2...

[GFiSH]

I would say 146, but it's not much more for a 148.

[trojan698]

The 3700's of late are clocking very well and have been hitting 3ghz although so have the 146's. I'd personally go for a 3700 as with the higher multi your board needn't reach 300 odd fsb in order to produce a decent overclock. The opty 148's dont clock as well as the 146's iirc. Hope this helps.

[Noni]

Value ram- 3700

Performance ram- 146

[Agent]

Value ram- 3700

Performance ram- 146

Why ?

[Noni]

Because of the multi-

240 FSB- Divider 333= DDR 200x2= DDR 400= PC 3200

240 X10= 2.4ghz =146 at 4000+

240x11= 2.6= 3700+ at FX55