s939 Opterons

Post by **FZ1** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:57 pm

Supposedly, 1-5 they are ranked as follows...

1. CABNE 05xx (excluding 0540)
2. CABYE 0540
3, CABNE 0540 / CABYE 05xx (excluding 0540)
4. CAB2E 05xx
5. CABGE 05xx

Thor · Post by **Thor** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:25 pm

Picked up an Opteron 165 (Dual Core, "Italy") for my shuttle. Running great at 2.4 so far.

Post by **FZ1** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:20 pm

OK, word is out that AMD is going to stop letting retailers sell the 939 Opty's because of the heavy enthusiast use...we shall see. I might load up

Bite-Me-2 · Post by **Bite-Me-2** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:34 am

I'm thinking of getting one to replace my 3200 Winchester..............

I haven't heard about AMD stopping retailers from selling them though.............

Post by **FZ1** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:57 pm

I went ahead and purchased a Opteron 175 while the gettin' is good. I haven't even received my 148 LOL. I guess I'll be selling that one.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:39 pm

wow Joe, the big man on campus with the overflowing wallet, roflol

can't even afford the chip I want right now, much less a DC opty...but maybe I'll get lucky this week or something with my pay, you never know

Post by **FZ1** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:30 am

Well, I'm **hoping** I'm saving some money in the future. Plus, if AMD really does pull the plug on retail sales of the Opteron, I should get a decent price for the 148

Bite-Me-2 · Post by **Bite-Me-2** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:51 am

It's al about sales, and I don't think that AMD will stop the sale of one of their hottest movers in the Tweakers area.............

, although OC'ers are a very very small % of AMDs business.
And seeing as AMD has started out selling Intel in the desktop market, I don't think they want to slow things down right now, but after the holidays might be a different story. This is the biggest retail time of the year, sales, sales, sales, is the bottom line.

Post by **FZ1** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:08 pm

I dunno, more and more people are overclocking...at least the peopel who would spend $ on a FX CPU. Who's goign to pay $1000 for one of those when you can get the same from a $200 opty? They'll lose a good chunk of change.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:25 pm

no joke, it's like Ken was talking about before.....it's all about how much you're willing to pay for an unlocked multi. Personally, I have no use for it, I can get a decent OC by adjusting frequency.....it just provides for more of a headache down the road IMO, although the chips are stout. The Opty would be stout enough for me, hell for that matter the X2 would do me fine....

Post by **FZ1** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:04 pm

I got my Opty 148 today - it's stepping CABYE 0540FPBW - yay! However, since I decided to go dual core and odered the 175, I'm going to sell this one UNOPENED

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:31 pm

damn, someone's gonna jump all over that one, lol....

it's a good processor for sure!

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:57 pm

Vstrom wrote:I got my Opty 148 today - it's stepping CABYA 0540FPBW - yay! However, since I decided to go dual core and odered the 175, I'm going to sell this one UNOPENED

CABYA or CABYE?

Post by **FZ1** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:11 am

Sorry. CABYE.

Bite-Me-2 · Post by **Bite-Me-2** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:08 am

I'm still waiting to see what kind of Christmas bonus I'm getting this year before I jump on a new CPU.................

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:15 am

I'm waiting to make sure I still have a job after Christmas before I jump on any more components..........

Post by **FZ1** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:28 pm

OK, according to a tankguys post <HERE>, January is the next time they will be getting shipments (if at all) and it seems to be the same for all retailers.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:10 pm

well hell, if you stock up, keep one around, I might be interested, especially if it's a 170

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:04 pm

killswitch83 wrote:well hell, if you stock up, keep one around, I might be interested, especially if it's a 170

Ditto! I'd definately be interested in a 165 or 170

pointreyes · Post by **pointreyes** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:41 pm

I ordered a dual-core Opteron 175 last night. Should have it by Friday if the reseller and shipment is not delayed. Unfortunately due to other circumstances, I will be using OCZ 4000 Gold Rev 2 2x512 sticks. Plus due to having a SCSI controller I was further limited with the choices for a motherboard for this proc. And then I needed 3 PCI slots for the controller, the TV Tuner, and the sound card. So, I ordered the Abit AN8 Ultra - one of the few without a miserable fan on the chipset and can handle the memory sticks as well as have room for a PCI-X SCSI controller and have two remaining PCI slots for the other cards.

Main use for the system: Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6 Pro and when Avid 7 comes out, I get the free upgrade.

Yes, PastorJay - this is the pointreyes you know from other places.