Opteron & Xeon
The two most popular Opterons amongst overclockers are the 144 and 146, Venus cores. Overclockers are still in luck as these two models can still be found at a great price. The AMD Opteron 144 Venus [RTPE: OSA144DAA5BN] is going for about $159 shipped, while the AMD Opteron 146 Venus [RTPE: OSA146DAA5BN] is on sale for approximately $189 shipped.
The Xeon processors aren't as great of a hit as the Opterons are, although they still make excellent server CPUs. We can see the Intel Xeon 2.8GHz 800FSB 1MB [RTPE: BX80546KG2800E] is going for approximately $211 shipped. We're also seeing the Intel Xeon 3.2GHz 800FSB 2MB [RTPE: BX80546KG3200F] on sale for $341.
Thanks for taking a look through this weeks CPU price guide. Stay tuned next week when we take a look at what's going on with the latest and greatest in the motherboard marketplace.
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JarredWalton - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
I personally don't believe in "guaranteed 2.8+ GHz on air!" claims for most Opterons. I've got a 165 that does 2.56 GHz with the retail HSF, and that seems about typical. A bit better air cooler might get 2.65 to 2.70 GHz, and water might get 2.80+ GHz. For single core chips, you can add about 200 MHz to the estimates. So, all told, the Opteron chips are still reasonable, and they include good retail HSFs. If you're just looking for 2.6 to 2.8 GHz you won't be disappointed; if you want 2.8+ GHz, though, water cooling is about the only way I would say it's anywhere near "guaranteed".TowerShield - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link
Pretty large drop.I'm guessing the FX-60 showing up a second time under AMD single-cores is a typo?
rrcn - Monday, January 23, 2006 - link
Yeah, the FX-60 is also showing up under the single-core page because I haven't been able to figure out the code to get it to disappear. :p