opty 165 for sure, better memory controller, bigger cache, improved core and all opterons goes through extensive testing as they are designed for servers that runs 24/7.
I just bought got one myself yesterday. Now running at 2.61ghz @ 1.44v.
now who can argue thats faster than a FX60.

The E6 are newer better core then the E4 again if the 165 is a little more get that instead.

yes, indeedy. But I've read rumours that Amd will stop selling them soon. So many places that have them are selling like hot cakes also at a higher price too. As the socket 939 will move to AM2 (DDR2) so all those who invested into 939, the next natural upgarde is the x2's. Otherwise it will be big money again, new MB, Ram, CPU as well if you choose the AM2 route.
But the x2's Athlons will be available for some time like the 3800+.

There is only one draw back on the 165's, it has a highest multi of 9, so if you are going to buy, make sure you get a motherboard that can do high HTT.
Do your homework, like DFI or Epox as they are 2 of few that can do 300HTT+.
And also some Ram do not like dividers to much, Otherwise you could be wasting time and money.

9multi x 250HTT = 2.25GHZ
9multi x 260HTT = 2.34GHZ
9multi x 270HTT = 2.43GHZ
9multi x 280HTT = 2.52GHZ

With the right equipment you should have no problems.
But since we're all here looking to overclock nothing is garenteed

This post has been edited by woody: Mar 20 2006, 07:44 PM

Yes and No, A64 gains most on cpu speed, not so much on ram bandwidth. It will show up on benchmarks like sisoft, but in real term like running games or applications there is very little difference since the memory controller is built into the cpu instead of the northbridge like on nforce2.
Running 1/1 would be preferable as you will gain bandwidth but it won't be like the days with Nforce2 the performance gain won,t be much, so now we don't have to spend big bucks on expensive high speed Ram to get most out of our system.

jarofclay

thats great, if you got the high performance memory or you got the money to buy, it's always better

I'd just notice you got 2x 7800gtx in sli. man! thats gonna pretty fast for any game you run with what ever cpu you have.

This post has been edited by woody: Mar 20 2006, 09:46 PM

Nice overclock, I've read alot of peeps are getting realy nice overclocks on the newer steppings

This post has been edited by woody: May 1 2006, 12:28 AM