Athlon 64 FX-57 for under £100!!

[Griff]

Rather than spend £700 on an Athlon 64 FX-57 take one server rated AMD Opteron 144 (CABNE 0540) with standard heatsink, a DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D motherboard and a few hours tweaking and we end up with the end result below..

Not bad for a humble 1.8ghz server processor. Unfortunately everyone's realised the potential of these processors and they're out of stock everywhere...

 

[Griff]

Now I really must go to bed...

 

[Aberclio182]

you got any gaming benchmarks?

 

[Lee]

If I can boot Ed off his new PC with the FX57 in it I'll benchmark that to compare later.

 

[Clart]

how do they compare with an athlon 64 4200 for example

 

[Clart]

hmmm could be tempted with this actually....

 

[Griff]

you got any gaming benchmarks?

As gaming benchmarks are primarily associated with graphics cards they are not neccessarily the ideal benchmark for testing the cpu, hence I ran Superpi instead, but nevertheless here you go -

3DMark05 - 7664 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1497627

PCMark05 - 4419 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=190303

 

[Clart]

u can get a 146 for £130

 

[Griff]

u can get a 146 for £130

You "could" get a 146 but I haven't seen any in stock and it depends what stepping code applies to the cpu.

 

[Clart]

what stepping codes should i be looking for and where did u get urs?

 

[Griff]

Most retailers wont tell you what the stepping code is so I purchased mine from http://www.cpucityshop.co.uk/ as they told me what stepping it was before I placed the order.

CAB2E's were very popular and some people acheived 3ghz from their 144's. CABNE 0540's aren't bad, CABYE's seem less succesful and I can't really comment on the others...

You can tell what the popular (successful) stepping codes are by seeing what is popular on Ebay. Obviously no-one wants a duff overclocker so the less succesful stepping codes don't tend to sell.

 

[Clellandmc]

Griff, could you tell me the manufacturer's part number of the CPU. Thanks

 

[wozzaa]

Its damn near impossible getting hold of opterons now :/

Still wouldnt trade my dual core in for one like.

 

[Darren S]

In approximate terms - what increase is this over a stock 3200XP?

D.

 

[Griff]

Its damn near impossible getting hold of opterons now :/

Still wouldnt trade my dual core in for one like.

Dual core Opty then..

That is if you could find them anymore

 

[Griff]

Griff, could you tell me the manufacturer's part number of the CPU. Thanks

Opteron 144 - What actual cpu (stepping code) you end up with is simply the luck of the draw.

 

[wozzaa]

Dual core Opty then..

That is if you could find them anymore

got myself a 4400+ at the moment quite happy with it sitting at 2.5ghz only using the stock cooling at the moment although i did manage to get a few benchmarks done with it at 2.7ghz which aint bad for stock cooling. Just wanted to see what it could do.

 

[J273]

Griff is that with stock cooler......Im using a Dfi lanparty board and currently run a wincheter 3000 64 chip...and got hold of a opteron 144 very cheap and still havent fitted it.im unsure on what to do the opterons brand new (144) and unused these seem to be going for a hell of alot more than a winnie chip on ebay.


What do you think i should do sell the opteron for £100+ or keep the winnie chip in as they are both 3000+ do you think id see much of an increase even if i up the clock to 2.2ghz from the standard 1.8ghz which ive heard i could get easily on the stock cooler maybe more.

 

[J273]

oh yea my steppings:

CABNE 0540

Is this seen as a better clocker?

 

[Griff]

Put simply a CABNE 0540 with a DFI Lanparty "should" be good for 2.5/2.6/2.7ghz on stock cooling. Add the fact this Opty has a 1mb cache i'd personally much prefer this to a 3000+ winnie.

 

[Griff]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28250

 

[kunit]

can anyone tell me what this post is about?im guessing computers but what is the ghz about is it speed?im interested but know nothing
thanks chris

 

[BenWall]

Dual core Opty then..

That is if you could find them anymore

got myself a 4400+ at the moment quite happy with it sitting at 2.5ghz only using the stock cooling at the moment although i did manage to get a few benchmarks done with it at 2.7ghz which aint bad for stock cooling. Just wanted to see what it could do.

2500 with stock I got same chip and got 2.5 but I got a £30 HSF runs at 45 load you temps must be too high lol

 

[SimonV6]

Very old thread, but intresting to see how cpu prices fall
FX-57 quoted at £700 at start of thread (end of 2005) now FX-62 less than £295.... with the Intel chips forcing AMD's well down in price


Simon

 

[J273]

Griff.....How do you go about getting the 144 to 2.6ghz?

Im running the same setup

144 opteron chip / ultra-d board / stock cooler

Any ideas as to where to start ?

Cheeers