Mod Update: For the interest of those who are going to get a good chip

Taken from Extremesystems:

Known good steppings that are capable of 3ghz:
CCB1E 0550VPMW
CCBWE 0550UPMW (Some are crappy actually)
CCB1E 0605XPMW
CCB1E 0606VPMW
CCB1E 0608MPMW
CCB1E 0609FPAW
CCB1E 0609FPMW
CCBBE 0610DPMW
CCBBE 0615DPMW

Honorable Mention:
CCBWE 0530TPMW (2.9ghz avg.)
CCBWE 0546XPMW (2.85ghz avg.)
CCBWE 0609FPAW (Unconfirmed precise averages, but seems to be 2.8-2.9)

AVOID if you want to hit 2.8ghz+:
CCBWE 0534SPMW
CCBWE 0543TPMW
CCBWE 0546MPMW
CCBWE 0551 (Any packing code) (2.7-2.75ghz 1.55v)
CCBWE 0602 (Any packing code)
CCBWE 0607 (Any packing code) (2.65ghz 1.55v)

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Just thought someone might be interested in them

they have better memory controller compared to normal processors and they overclock pretty well..

Opteron will get a price drop soon for their 144 to 150 models..

so far the good weeks and steppings are

CABNE CPUs
week 28
week 30
week 36 is not as good but not too bad.. 2.9 shouldn't be a problem
week 40 is doing pretty good as well..

as you all know there are already a few bulks from pak din, edwin etc etc..

so if you want a good processor wait for the price drop then get them

i have a CABNE 0530 APMW Opteron 146 coming to me soon

This post has been edited by jarofclay: Jul 10 2006, 12:00 PM

Ooooooo...post some results on it soon babyelf as I've heard these babies can really huge clock speeds stably compared to even San Diego Athlon 64's. Thinking of getting a 146 myself later

i will

this is the same steppings i have with afireinside .. he just did his under DI.. LINK

there are some CABNE 0540 for sale a while ago by computersmsa..

he's selling them on a few forums.. dfi street, XS etc

you can pm him if you want.. he have like 50 opterons coming in soon..

they are the same core as normal san diego CPUs.. and week 28 and 30 actually shares the same steppings as FX57 if i'm not mistaken.. so i'm thinking they are the same just with locked multi

but alot of opteron owners managed to unlock their opteron anyway.. they just did.. they have no idea how they did it ... talk about some cheap FX..

any links as to how they did it or was it a BIOS issue?

they just clear cmos.. lol and it unlocked

it was with a 702-1 bios

Now that's real strange...I'm presuming on a LP series mobo that job was done? Cos if it's true, then we maybe in for another OC bucking broncho ride

yea it's on a DFI NF4

i'll try it myself lol

Will await results...hope AMD doesn't go locking em up properly if they find out about this tho. Remember good ol' Barton?

hmm hmmm... if opteron is dis good... and i assume d price is nearly d same for venice

then might as well get dis 1 rite?

can confirm with stepping or week is d best ar?

sry i m a bit noob in dis

first post.. i listed the good weeks

price u'll have to check with the bulkers

edwin or pak Din

Yup like babyelf said, check with the bulkers over at Bulk Section around after Raya as there's been a price reduction effective October 24th. Although I have to tell you, Opteron 144 is almost impossible to find nowadays out of the States

I already wanna sell my AMD Athlon64 3000+ E3 0520BPMW lor... , I wanna buy a new Opteron 146 0530 within next two month ^.^ , I already see the overclock result form www.pcpop.com, Opteron 146 3Ghz only can make Super PI 1M at 25s >.< tooo fast...

opteron uses normal DDR ram and not the ECC right ?

wow, u make it sound so easy to get a 0530, and in the next 2 months some more

tum di dum tum... still waiting anxiously for babyelf's result.... i'm jumping ship oso.

If the bulk has good stepping, I'll prepare some cash for it

3GHz here I come. (Oops, dun have any mobo yet )
Babyelf, u r the man !


Yes bingo !

0530 in the next two months?

it'll be 0540+ by then.. unless u can get 2nd hand ones..

and normal ram will work on the opterons.. just like normal socket 939 processor..

but remember that DFI don't officially support opteron 939s (well not yet at least.. they say they won't be at the moment)

and CPUZ don't read the CPU correctly

If can't get 0530, find 0540 lor... 0540 also much better than others .... ^.^

lol, my point was also that its not so easy as "i'll be getting 0540 in 2 months" unless u somehow know someone who will bring that exact one in

lol.............