AMD Athlon vs. Opteron...

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berzin

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From the research I've done, an Opteron sounds like an overall better product than an Athlon. I will be teaming this up with OCZ Platinum 2 gig. memory and a DFI mobo.
Now the question is, which one? On Newegg.com, the Opteron 170 is $396 and the 175 is $496. Are there any performance advantages that would make spending the extra $100 bucks worth it, or is it so negligable that I should save my money and put it to use somewhere else in the system?
 
berzin said:
From the research I've done, an Opteron sounds like an overall better product than an Athlon. I will be teaming this up with OCZ Platinum 2 gig. memory and a DFI mobo.
Now the question is, which one? On Newegg.com, the Opteron 170 is $396 and the 175 is $496. Are there any performance advantages that would make spending the extra $100 bucks worth it, or is it so negligable that I should save my money and put it to use somewhere else in the system?
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I have a Opteron 170, and from what i have researched i here that they overclock almost exactly the same so the extra 100 bucks is not worth it at all. I also have a DFI mobo and they make a great pair. Have fun overclocking that, I know i did.
 
What are the advantages for an Opteron to an Athlon? Is it better for gaming? Work or media? I'm confused! Sorry for going off-topic, I just want to know.
 
ItlanChode said:
Athlons are better factory made, while opterons OC better. Atleast, thats how I see it.
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Generally thats true, but the Athlon 64 Venice core is also an extremely good overclocking. Theres someone on this forum that got his AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8Ghz up to 2.8Ghz stable.
 
go with the Opteron their good for o/cing I heard somewhere... I heard someone in this forum say that their built for servers, so their more stable and tougher.
 
Opterons are a higher grade, they use better quality silicon, as well as other parts. Which allows them to be tougher and last longer in servers, as well as OC higher.
 
the reason they are so popular is simple, they sit in a nice price performance place. They can be found for under $300 making them cheaper than the 3800 x2, although they are clocked at 200mhz slower they do have double the cache.
And the comments of there overclockability are well founded, with 2.6-2.8 with aftermarket air cooling, being possible.
 
apj101 said:
the reason they are so popular is simple, they sit in a nice price performance place. They can be found for under $300 making them cheaper than the 3800 x2, although they are clocked at 200mhz slower they do have double the cache.
And the comments of there overclockability are well founded, with 2.6-2.8 with aftermarket air cooling, being possible.
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yea, the X2 3800+ went under $300 awhile ago, not to mention it only has half the L2 cache, double the L1 cache compared to opterons.
opteron = 64+64kb L1
athlon X2 = 128+128kb L1
in my opinion L1 is more important, its closer to the core and faster so more of it would be better. also, how come i haven't heard of any good o/c's with X2's? they o/c very nicely as well! i got mine 400mhz w/out raising the Vcore! once i get a psu that will raise Vcore though ill bet 2.6ghz is manageable! if not 2.8ghz!
 
fade2green514 said:
yea, the X2 3800+ went under $300 awhile ago, not to mention it only has half the L2 cache, double the L1 cache compared to opterons.
opteron = 64+64kb L1
athlon X2 = 128+128kb L1
in my opinion L1 is more important, its closer to the core and faster so more of it would be better. also, how come i haven't heard of any good o/c's with X2's? they o/c very nicely as well! i got mine 400mhz w/out raising the Vcore! once i get a psu that will raise Vcore though ill bet 2.6ghz is manageable! if not 2.8ghz!
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your right i havnt checked the prices in while i now looks like the x2 3800 is $30 cheaper than the opteron 165, and even with is smaller l2 cache this is now the best bang for buck out of the 2.

@fade2green514, if you dont understand what the different caches do then dont comment on them, your opinion on the importance of L1 over L2 is wrong. The L1 hardly ever represents a bottle neck, while L2 has much more importance. I think this is discussed in cpu101
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=13239
 
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