Opteron 148 OR 150 OR AMD Athlon 64 4000+ OR DUAL CORE??

[benplanet]

Still need a CPU to complete my rig!!

I wanted to buy this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103596

 

 

BUT NOW i am debating whether i should add a little extra cheese and go for the 150 for $311

http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?...el+OSA150DAA5BN

 

OR

 

4000+ for $334: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103529

 

BUT

 

I am hearing that dual cores are really not good for gaming so i think i will stick to single core procs, unless otherwise advised by the DFS expert community

 

I will be gaming + multimedia stuff ( TV / BURNING MEDIA / DVDs )

 

What do you guys think? Just stick to the 148? or demand MORE!

 

Drop a quickie ;p

 

 

 

:angel:

[DFI939]

you can get the 148 at monarch for 207$

[benplanet]

you can get the 148 at monarch for 207$

lol i am about to checkout at monarch! i am about to hit "Pay" with paypal..

 

but do you happen to know which steppings that one has??

 

NE one is the 042 i think

not bad for $229

 

 

thanks.

[Trevor]

you can get the 148 at monarch for 207$

Yeah but thats oem that means no fan and less warranty but good price

[DFI939]

Well most overclockers void the warrenty anyways. and replace that crapy hsf is the fan even removable from that heatsink i havnt figured out to remove that fan. plus that heat sink is smaller than my hand.

[benplanet]

i bouth the RETAIL 148 from NewEgg ... if i decide to get something else, at least i can sell it on ebay saying "Retail" not OEM

 

 

thanks ya'll

[Angry_Games]

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34616

 

read my reply a little...X2's are good (my current work/game rig is an X2 4400+ @ 2650Mhz with 4x1024....check OC Database)

 

they game just fine by the way, especially with the newer ATI and Nvidia drivers that support dual core cpu's better

[Squid1]

I would go dual-core.

 

The actual problems with games reported can be fixed, see various threads.

 

It is true that single-threaded games don't speed up except for the minor improvement from possibly multithreaded drivers.

 

But multithreaded games are coming along much faster than anybody expected, so for most of the lifetime of your new rig you will enjoy a big advantage.