Opteron 165

[529th]

Hi, i am currently thinking about purchasing one of these cpu. What stepping is the better one? What do all the prefixes mean?

Thanks,

529th

EDIT: yes for overclocking which is best??? thanks!

 

[linux_0]

Opteron = High-End Enterprise quality AMD64 CPU

1xx = Socket 939
2xx = Socket 940 Dual CPU
8xx = Socket 940 for Quad and 8way CPU configurations

Available in Single and Dual Core supports Dual Channel DDR SDRAM

2xx and 8xx Opterons support NUMA and can each support dedicated Dual Channel DDR SDRAM so the more CPUs you add the more memory bandwidth you have :-D


Athlon = Mainstream AMD64 model

Available in Socket 939 and Single Core or Dual Core Supports Dual Channel DDR SDRAM


Sempron = Entry-level line

Available in Socket 754 available in Single Core Supports Single Channel DDR SDRAM



Best price/performance = nForce4 + AMD64 Socket 939



The Opteron 165 is a Dual Core Socket 939 CPU with a 1.8GHz Core Clock, 2x1MB L2 Cache, 64KB+64KB L1 cache and 1GHz hypertransport in full duplex (1GHz in each direction).




EDIT:


What stepping are you considering and what prefixes are you referring to?

What parts are you planing to use with the Opteron 165? [ mobo, RAM, PSU, HDD, VGA, etc ].

 

[CallumN]

You havent understood what he means. He is asking, as was i in another topic :twisted: , whats the best core for overclocking as far as opteron 165's are concerned?

 

[linux_0]

Hi, i am currently thinking about purchasing one of these cpu. What stepping is the better one? What do all the prefixes mean?

Thanks,

529th

I suspected as much however the OP does not mention OC'ing anywhere... Nor did I know which "prefixes" he is referring to. So I posted some general info instead.

 

[CallumN]

Fair nuff.

So does anybody know bout the cores? Or where to find out bout them?

 

[jokersgrin]

I have one ( in wife's computer :x ) got 170 in mine. Very good procs, both r oc to 2.6 one on air other on liquid. Only down fall is that the mutiplyers are locked and can only go down. So to OC you need to raise the FSB but make sure you have good ram DDR 500, 550, 600
Just so you know there is no difference in either cpu when OC'ed at stock the 170 is a little faster only because of it mutiplyer. So please save the cash and get the 165 :!:

 

[CallumN]

So what are the respective multi's?

 

[linux_0]

It is my understanding the Single Core 939 Opterons use the Venus core and the Dual Core 939 Opterons use the Denmark core.

Beyond that I do not know a whole lot of details about those specific cores.

I am not sure what the different steppings are or if it even possible to find a particular stepping.

 

[jokersgrin]

165: 9 multi x 200fsb= 1800 or 1.8 core clock

170: 10 multi x 200fsb= 2000 or 2.0 core clock

175: 11 multi x 200fsb= 2200 or 2.2 core clock

180: 12 multi x 200fsb= 2400 or 2.4 core clock

if increase the fsb you change the core clock and ram 1:1 ratio depending on bios options!

my opty's run: 165: fsb 290x9 multi =2610 or 2.61/ 170: 265x10 multi = 2650 or 2.65

Hope you got it bro, any questions I'll try to answer them best I can

 

[dizman]

It is my understanding the Single Core 939 Opterons use the Venus core and the Dual Core 939 Opterons use the Denmark core.

Beyond that I do not know a whole lot of details about those specific cores.

I am not sure what the different steppings are or if it even possible to find a particular stepping.

Yea and from what I was told the Denmark core is basically the Toledo as used in the FX-60

 

[endyen]

For best stepping, check extremesystems. For opn codes check here

 

[529th]

For best stepping, check extremesystems. For opn codes check here

AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!!!

 

[ak47is1337]

DO NOT GET AN OPTERON CCBWE 0551VPMW STEPPING IF YOU BUY A 165 WITH THAT STEPPING RETURN IT

 

[linux_0]

DO NOT GET AN OPTERON CCBWE 0551VPMW STEPPING IF YOU BUY A 165 WITH THAT STEPPING RETURN IT

May I ask why?

 

[ak47is1337]

Please read my Post at: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/OPTY-165-CORE0-FAILS-HELP-ftopict174848.html
Core is week 56, purchased at zipzoomfly a week or so ago.

 

[529th]

What does the CCBWE & VPMW mean???

 

[ak47is1337]

I have no idea what each letter in a stepping means. That's just the model number and fabrication label of it...

 

[endyen]

That's strange! Since opn codes are year, week, what year had 56 weeks in it?
Why do I think you got a chinese special?

 

[ak47is1337]

Not sure, but I read somewhere on AMD's site that was week #56, ultra new.

 

[endyen]

Did you write down the opn code? or do you have the chip handy?
In the second set of alpha numeric sequencies, the first number (after the letters) will be followed by 0, and then probably 5 or 6 depending on the year (o5 or 06). The next 2 digits will be the week. If it's a 56, then either it was made in a year with 4 extra weeks, or it's a chinese knockoff.

 

[linux_0]

Do you have pix of the CPU?

Was it OEM or retail boxed???

There are scumbags out there re-marking CPUs so you have to watch out ( I believe that's the Chinese Special the wise person above was referring to).

 

[ak47is1337]

It's not a chinese knockoff, it was purchased at zipzoomfly.com. I'm not going to take off my massive heatsink to look at it >< it also came in the unopened opteron box...

 

[529th]

Do you have pix of the CPU?

Was it OEM or retail boxed???

There are scumbags out there re-marking CPUs so you have to watch out ( I believe that's the Chinese Special the wise person above was referring to).

if it was, wouldn't it be oem? i think they are all prefabed in Germany but don't quote me.

 

[ak47is1337]

it isn't OEM!

 

[529th]

man if they changed it so they can't be overclocked im gonna phreak...