what to do

2006-07-13 14:53:30

#1

nellie-r: Member; +1|6600|germany

hi all,iVE just been given an opteron 242,at the mo i have amd 2800 2 gig ddr ram and ati 9800.What should i do,upgrade to suit the opteron(and with what) or just flog it on ebay,or try and flog everthing and get a new comp.
tnx in advance

2006-07-13 14:57:08

#2

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6734|Riva, MD

Sell the Opteron, they're made for servers and workstations.

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2006-07-13 15:06:23

#3

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6733

_j5689_ wrote:
Sell the Opteron, they're made for servers and workstations.

no... bad idea... opterons are better than normal athalon 64's.... they have very high overclockability, just coz its a server chip doesnt mean it can do normal things.

btw is the opteron a socket 939 or 940? if its 939 then get a mobo that supports it... if its 940... then sell it

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2006-07-13 15:17:40

#4

Timelord_: Member; +25|6554

Keep the opty. I have a 144 and it ROCKS BF2

2006-07-13 18:45:58

#5

slo5oh: Member; +28|6678

Opterons are the PIMP SHIZNIT. You have a socket 940 chip though so you'll pay an arm and a leg for a motherboard and ram to go with it. Sell it and buy a 146 from monrch. They're dirt cheap right now.

2006-07-13 21:38:55

#6

nellie-r: Member; +1|6600|germany

it is a 940 socket,i looked on ebay and found http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie … T&rd=1 ,one went last night for 100€,i am not looking to upgrade all in the oner,lack of funds,but i need to start doing something as mine at the mo is getting (or is on its last legs) and as for ram i could get 1gig for around 100 €

2006-07-14 09:33:36

#7

Janus67: Tech God; +86|6612|Ohio, USA

any opteron in the 2xx is a socket 940 FYI

2006-07-14 10:35:03

#8

dalmar72: Member; +6|6537

the Opteron 242 is a socket 940 cpu designed for a multiple CPU motherboard. It is also a single core processor. I think it would be wiser to sell it and get a socket 939 or am2 cpu and supporting motherboard, than to get a socket 940 mobo.

socket 940 is only going to be for server type motherboards and processors, so you would be limited for future upgrades.

just my 2 cents

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