Glitch05 Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Hey all, I'm looking to upgrade my CPU from the one in my sig, was thinking along the lines of an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ What are your thoughts? Will I notice a worthy performance increase to make it worth it? Are these chips slowly dissapearing? Reason I ask is cause things tend to rise in price as they get hard to come by.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likewhoa Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 invest in an opteron 165 from newegg at $153. you will not be dissapointed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvintang Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 agreed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdoradz Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 4200+ are realy bad OCer. my friend own one and we cant get that sucker to boo @t 2.45Ghz with 1.5V while we could get his own venice 3000+ up there ... definitly the Opteron is the way to go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaww^ Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Mustard.....Deff go with the 165... i mean for a 150 smackaroos who can go wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizurd of awwz Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Get the 170 instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Opteron 165,170,175 all are great overclockers & having 2 cores is awesome. I am one of those people that have 6-10 things going on at once burning a cd, un packing a RAR file, uploading data from my flash memory stick, on the net, listening to music using media player etc etc etc & this is where dual core really rocks (multitasking) hell I can even play Call of Duty while a DVD is burning if I wanted to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny_Nero Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 4200+ are realy bad OCer. my friend own one and we cant get that sucker to boo @t 2.45Ghz with 1.5V while we could get his own venice 3000+ up there ... definitly the Opteron is the way to go You cant really say that... your friends one is/might be a bad overclocker, but that does not mean that they all will be bad. I have had mine @2.45 GHz by just pushing up the FSB and doing nothing else. The Opterons are good for the money, unless your in the UK where the 3800 and 4200 x2's are around £60 and £70 quid each for a full retail 'PIB' package, thats unbeatable value for money IMO as the dual core Opteron is a bit harder to get hold of in comparison. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baronvonimel Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 I just got my 4200+ stable at 2.7 - couldnt get it much higher without going over 50's in temp but not too bad considering. If i were smart though, I would have gone with the opteron but considering I paid about the same price and this was my first time overclocking I am not too sad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizurd of awwz Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 I just got my 4200+ stable at 2.7 - couldnt get it much higher without going over 50's in temp but not too bad considering. If i were smart though, I would have gone with the opteron but considering I paid about the same price and this was my first time overclocking I am not too sad... 2.7ghz is nothing to feel bad about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch05 Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Holy crap, what great replies:p Thanks heaps guys, I'm in Australia so it should be easy to get a 165 or 175 for cheaps as chips:p excuse the pun. I'll have a good look around and see what I come up with:) Thanks all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Even if you end up with a crappy oc'er (which most newer chips are very good oc'ers) you will still be very happy with the upgrade. Once you go dual core theres no going back lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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