 11/09/2003 05:56 PM
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Dale Junior Member
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I am in the process of building an Opteron box. I am having difficulty find out the difference between a the 146 and the 246. Help!!!
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11/09/2003 06:11 PM
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Ardrid Heavy Wizardry
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The only difference is that the 246 is meant for dual processor setups and as a result has 2 HT links.
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11/09/2003 06:53 PM
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pcy Senior Member
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Can anybody please explain to me what the point of the 14x series of Operons is.
If you can only run 1 processor why not get an AMD 64 FX
Peter
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11/09/2003 07:57 PM
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Dale Junior Member
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Thanks for the info in the 100 vs 200 series Opterons. I have ordered an Asus MB and it said that it could handle both even though it is only a single proc board. I am a little confused.
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11/09/2003 10:44 PM
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Bitey Elite
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14x opteron only support regestered ram
fx-51 will support NON- registered ram in the future.
fx-51 is 2.2Hgz, 14x is currently only up to 2Ghz (so far)
fx51- has *official* support for ddr400 , whereas 14x only support 333 *offically*
The really are very similar, but they will diverge a bit more in the future, fx51 is your uber game/ and maybe workstation machine, 14x's are your single processor server/workstation.
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11/09/2003 11:38 PM
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Ardrid Heavy Wizardry
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Well, you have to remember that the 1xx series was around before the Athlon 64 FX. The FX came around because AMD wanted to make sure they had the definitive lead when the K8 launched for the desktop. As Bitey mentioned, in the future the FX won't need registered memory, while the 1xx series Opteron will.
Dale, your board could use either but it would be extremely pointless for you to buy a 2xx series as it's more expensive due to its ability to run in dual processor setups. Any Opteron can be placed in any Socket 940 board, regardless of the series. After all, even if you bought a 2xx series, it's still only one processor. It's just capable of being paired with a 2nd processor.
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11/10/2003 10:29 AM
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Kanavit Senior Member
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QUOTE (pcy @ Nov 9 2003, 03:53 PM) Can anybody please explain to me what the point of the 14x series of Operons is.
If you can only run 1 processor why not get an AMD 64 FX
Peter
it's $181 bucks.
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11/12/2003 05:27 PM
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ps24eva Junior Member
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QUOTE (Bitey @ Nov 9 2003, 07:44 PM)
fx-51 will support NON- registered ram in the future.
On what socket?
939 or 940
will it support plain ol' regular ram on socket 940!!??
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11/12/2003 09:38 PM
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Ardrid Heavy Wizardry
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Socket 939. The FX requires registered memory on Socket 940.
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