what is better for ocing the 3800x2 or opetron 165

awhir

what is better for ocing the 3800x2 or opetron 165 and also is there any good case that looks cool and with a side panel

Khannie

Gonna move this to the tweaking / modding forum. You'll get better answers there.

conzy

Well, it depends really, Generally a CPU with less cache (the X2 3800) will overclock better as there is less power consumption and heat.

But the opterons overclock really well even with 1mb cache per core as apposed to the 3800's 512kb per core.

They are equal at stock, the 3800 is clocked 200mhz higher to make up for it having less cache.

That didnt really answer your question, did it?:p

I would go for more cache, or whichever is cheaper...........

Jean Luc

go with the x3800..this has been overclocked to even beat the FX60..
check out www.tomshardware.com for more info

awhir

ok and about the case summthing good for installing and looking cool.

hopeful

claregalway Qs wrote:

ok and about the case summthing good for installing and looking cool.

CM Stacker

I'm such a Stacker fanboy

gline

hopeful wrote:

CM Stacker

I'm such a Stacker fanboy

me too
i love them, have 2 at the moment

awhir

how many drive spaces does it have does it have space for a floppy drive(will be using it for a crad reader)

Optikus

Opteron all the way. AMD have produced them on higher quality silcon and rigously tested each one as they are designed for workstation use. You get a far higher and more stable overclock from them. And 1mb cache on each core makes them more versatile.

hopeful

claregalway Qs wrote:

how many drive spaces does it have does it have space for a floppy drive(will be using it for a crad reader)

Stacker has 11 drive bays...includes one adapter plate for floppy drive.