Athlon 64 3700+ or Opteron 148?

GuardianAsher · Post by **GuardianAsher** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:48 pm

I'm finally deciding do go 939. I already have a mobo picked out, and I know that both of these procs are compatible.

I want to know which would be the better bang for the buck?

AMD Athlon 64 3700+

Or

AMD Opteron 148

Both run at the same speed. Both have the same cache. Both have the same FSB. But I've heard a lot of things about Opterons being better. Which would you choose?

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:03 pm

The Opterons are supposed to be much better Overclockers.. I'm looking at getting one myself..

eGo

blade · Post by **blade** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:37 pm

Opterons are suppose to be the hand picked cpu's from AMD. Something about better silicon I think.

I have a 165 clocked at 1.8 oc'd to 2.4. But I know it can do even more with a better oc'ing mobo.

Better resale value for the opteron, if that matters.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:16 pm

How does the stock performance of those 2 stack up?