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Old April 16, 2007, 11:13 AM
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congrats on getting the opty. you won't be dissapointed. i can easily get mine to arodun 2.5/2.6 on air cooling :)
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Old April 16, 2007, 03:35 PM
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Write down the stepping (looks like a long serial# on the top of the cpu) and I can give you a pretty good idea of what to expect for OC.
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Old April 16, 2007, 04:01 PM
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just bought it off from him...

gonna need to sell my 3700+ has of now :)
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Old April 16, 2007, 04:29 PM
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Write down the stepping (looks like a long serial# on the top of the cpu) and I can give you a pretty good idea of what to expect for OC.
i dont have it now but he said to me he got it up once to 2.9 but 1.52vcore wasnt enough so he lowered it... he didnt want to run 24/7 1.5vcore :P
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Old April 17, 2007, 02:58 AM
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Good choice. I had an Opteron 165 and X1800 Crosssfire setup that ran games better than my current setup.
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Old April 17, 2007, 04:38 AM
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Where the opty's really that much better?

man i have been out of the hardware game too long
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Old April 17, 2007, 04:41 AM
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damn DBL post
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Yes they are. Extremely good rated as for being good overclocking processors and easy to overclock too!
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