Which Opteron for A8N-SLI Premium ?

Which Opteron S939 will work with that board ?
Will it bring a performance gain over the Athlon 64 ?

(Fast Athlon 64 X2 for S939 are getting hard to find.)

Thank your.

Hello Natéag:

Yes, the original Athlon 64 X2 Socket 939 CPUs are getting hard to find or
too expensive. This is especially true with the Toledo core with 1MB L2 on
each core (4400+ & 4800+). The Opteron Socket 939 is a good option;
especially, since they have the larger cache.

Your Asus A8N-SLI Premium will run the Opteron CPUs with a newer BIOS flash.
Here is a list of the Opteron models with BIOS update required:

CPU
Since PCB
Since BIOS
Note

AMD Opteron 144 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron 146 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron 148 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron 150 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron 152 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron 154 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron Dualcore 165 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron Dualcore 170 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010

AMD Opteron Dualcore 175 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001

AMD Opteron Dualcore 180 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010

AMD Opteron Dualcore 185 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010




Make sure that you have that BIOS version or newer flashed into your
computer before upgrading the CPU.

Good Luck,

Craig



"Natéag" <noreply @videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:r3%Ih.8442$...
> Which Opteron S939 will work with that board ?
> Will it bring a performance gain over the Athlon 64 ?
>
> (Fast Athlon 64 X2 for S939 are getting hard to find.)
>
> Thank your.
>
>

> Make sure that you have that BIOS version or newer flashed into your
> computer before upgrading the CPU.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Craig
>
Craig did an excellent job of responding to your question. I also have
an A8N-SLI Premium board. For the past three months I have been running
the Opteron 185 without any problems whatsoever. When I run benchmarks,
my system performance is virtually identical to an FX-60.

-Scott
>

Craig Cook wrote:
> "Natéag" <noreply @videotron.ca> wrote in message
> news:r3%Ih.8442$...
>> Which Opteron S939 will work with that board ?
>> Will it bring a performance gain over the Athlon 64 ?
>>
>> (Fast Athlon 64 X2 for S939 are getting hard to find.)
>>
>> Thank your.

> Hello Natéag:
>
> Yes, the original Athlon 64 X2 Socket 939 CPUs are getting hard to
> find or too expensive. This is especially true with the Toledo core
> with 1MB L2 on each core (4400+ & 4800+). The Opteron Socket 939 is
> a good option; especially, since they have the larger cache.
>
> Your Asus A8N-SLI Premium will run the Opteron CPUs with a newer BIOS
> flash. Here is a list of the Opteron models with BIOS update required:
>
> CPU
> Since PCB
> Since BIOS
> Note
>
> AMD Opteron 144 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron 146 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron 148 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron 150 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron 152 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron 154 (revE4) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron Dualcore 165 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron Dualcore 170 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010
>
> AMD Opteron Dualcore 175 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010.001
>
> AMD Opteron Dualcore 180 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010
>
> AMD Opteron Dualcore 185 (revE6) (Socket939) ALL 1010
>
>
>
>
> Make sure that you have that BIOS version or newer flashed into your
> computer before upgrading the CPU.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Craig
>
>
>
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been running a 175 in a deluxe board and it is quite fast for every task
thrown at it. look for the oem chips if you have your own cooler as they
seem to cost less.


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