Be careful as I see you are using D43 RAM. It is known to usually have problems with our el cheapo D43 RAMs. That was the reason I didn't get the DFI in the first place.

Secondly, HTT normally works upto 1GHz. So please check if your HTT multiplier is dropped to 4x instead of the default 5x if you raise your HTT beyond 200.

Not sure whether it is good or not but it is quite stable so far. But there are a lot of people here who would swear by DFI if you are talking about overclocking.

For Abit, it is more tolerant of cheap RAM and recently I tried even 2 pcs of 512MB and 2pcs of 256MB RAM and it worked although it has to run 4 pcs at 2T. Other than that, it has front cmos reset which is really convenient for overclockers to OC a bit too much.

Yeah, try to get a 24 pin PSU. The last 4 pins that you are missing supplies power to the PCIe slot if I'm not mistaken. Normally, a 20 pin PSU is not sufficient enough for a PC of your specs.

Most X2s are based on newer and cheaper Manchester core whereas Opterons are based generally on Toledo core. 2 things that comes to mind when buying an Opteron:

1. It is more overclockable. Most Opterons can touch 2.6ghz and above with minimal raise of core voltage circa 1.4 - 1.5V. X2s, on the other hand (at least those based on Manchester) can't really hit beyond 2.5ghz in general. My Manchester can "only" hit 2.4ghz prime stable with a high voltage of 1.525V. And I am confirmed that the cpu is the limit as I am using water cooling, htt at 267Mhz eventhough my ram can run at 275mhz.

2. Each Opteron core has 1MB of L2 cache, which all in all, makes it a lower clocked FX60 chip (except for the upward multiplier of course). So, with some overclocking, it could reach FX60 performance like the thread above. X2s on the other hand, like my poor Manchester, has physical 512KB for each core, and since this is hardware "handicap", there's nothing much you could do about it.

So yes, if you let me chose once more, I'd pay slightly more for an Opteron and overclock it til it cries.

On the dual cores, the E6 are toledos if I am not mistaken and E4 are Manchesters. Toledo are the better cores since they are used in the high end models such as X2 4800+ while the Manchesters are the cacat version.

That's what I was saying.

This post has been edited by jarofclay: Mar 20 2006, 08:33 PM

Exactly, so those with TCCDs should rejoice since they can do 300mhz and therefore negates the need for multipliers. Otherwise, those who D43s would be limited to run the chip at a rather limited 2.25ghz with 1:1 ratio.

Not sure of the percentage but I am quite sure you wouldn't want to run your a64 system with ram dividers.

I felt the difference playing FEAR. It's smoother now with 1:1.

I'd get the Opty if I can turn back time. You could always use the RAM divider if your RAM is poor performing.

Wow, this is cool. Mind telling me what was written on top of the IHS of the CPU? Mine can barely do 2.6ghz with 1.6V!! You truly have a gem there.