General AMD CPU question.

[BlackAdder]

Guys, Can a OPTY 939 pin be used in a regular ddr memory 939 board?? I have a A8N sli premium mb and am looking for something a bit faster than the X2 4200 I'm using. The X2 4800 1 meg. chips are all but impossible to find at a reasonable price. Anybody know???

[mitchellds]

Hey Blackadder,

Its should work fine, I would just check that your motherboard bios supports this cpu. Usually this is the only gotcha.

[Nflight]

Here is a pdf document which explains the core names and it is from AMD.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/cont....11.05.03..pdf

I must admit that pdf file is right on in there direction back in November 2003. BUt today is some 4 years later and most of us recognize the dilemma AMD is in right now! Nice Link Tek 182.

[BlackAdder]

Thanx...I Figured if it was a 939 pin it might work, however the Asus MB specs for processors doesn't say it will work with Opty's...I'll keep on looking.

[BlackAdder]

Hummm..just read the Opteron 185 will work with my board....now to find one I can afford !!!

[Steve Lux]

Opty's are not listed for use in my 939 pin MB, but it seems to be working better than the 3800+ I replaced with it. It crunches at about the same speed as the 3800+, so no real benefit there, but it's communications abilities far exceed what the 3800+ seemed to be able to put out. On MJ-12 I can crawl at over twice the speed as I could before.