Ðrзω™ Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) I'm going to be buying a AMD Opteron 144 Socket 939 CAB2E tomorrow, now it says (with screenshot proof) that it can hit 2.9GHz (2906.3MHz) @ 1.520 vcore on 323 HTTx9.0, but im not sure if this was done on air or with water cooling (im probably assuming the latter). Now assuming i have the best air cooling i can possibly get (any suggestions welcome ) with my current GeIL value DDR Ram @ 2.5-3-3-6 PC3200, could anyone give me a rought estimate of what speeds i could expect (my new motherboard is a Socket 939 DFI Lanparty Ultra-D nF3 & i'm also going to replace the chipset cooler with my newSwiftech MCX159-CU heatsink)??also is this cpu compatible? nvidia site lists that it isnt unless its a nforce3 professional but a post on dfi street says he used an opteron 148 on his nforce dfi ultra-d. if it isnt then please disregard this topic Thanks in advance to any help and estimates you can provide Edited February 8, 2006 by Ðrзω™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 ur mobo is nf3? not nf4?anyways, ppl are able to hit 2.9 with the stock cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ðrзω™ Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 yeah nforce3reason being before xmas and before i decided to upgrade (came into a little stash of money hence my upgrade) i bought a GeForce 6600GT for £125 and i dont wanna give up a £125 investment just yet lol (basically im trying to get the most bang for buck). Thanks for the tip ripken on the speeds you said it can hit 2.9 on stock cooler, can u reccomend a good aftermarket 939 cooler? as id like to keep everything as cool as i possibly can Thanx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 where do u plan on buying the heatsink? im not sure since your over in the uk.the top coolers are the:thermaltake big typhoonscythe ninjazalman 9550arctic cooler frezzer 64thermalright si-120,xp-120,si-90,xp-90any of these would be a good choice, the ninja is what i have and you will also need to buy a fan for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ðrзω™ Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 well i was waiting for ur suggestions then i was gonna froogle it to see where it stocked thanks i'll take a look into them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ðrзω™ Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 Well I dont have my more expensive cooling (money restrictioins lol) so i bought a Akasa AK 860 as it was cheap and would do for onw and im pleasanly surprised to be running 30-35 idle temps and 42-45 load temps @ 2.81 GHz with 310 HTT & 200MHz RAM (latest prime stable)Just thought id post a little update incase anyone was interested lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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