The best I'd say is this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103544 -Its the x2 4800. Is it worth the extra almost 300 bucks compared to the x2 4400? Nope.. a comparison of the 4400, 4600, and 4800 here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCompa...SubCategory=343 as you can see, barely a difference. And I know you said preferbaly not online but hey, its the only place I could find them. Best Buy only had 3500's tops...
dont even think about buying this high parts at those stores, if your buying computer hardware, get it at neweggs.com or tigerdirect or canadacomputers they are great, but DONT expect to buy it at crap buy or futureshyt.
He said he doesn't care how much it is so he probably doesn't care where he gets it from. But Newegg is a great place to save money on computer parts .
it's not an athlon x2, but it is dual core and 939... they do blow the athlon X2s away though(not by a ton) http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....srchInDesc=Dual as you can see the prices line up fairly closely, but not quite. These are more or less athlon FXs(the FXs are really close to opertrons) these cost about 5% more, but they have unlocked multipliers for overclocking and they have the added benifit of being more efficient overall per clock.
just OC the 2.4GHZ opertron a little, it would be like the same thing. can't disagree with you on aM2 though.
the only difference i saw from the x2's and the opertrons is that the opertrons had half as much L1 cache, and isn't that kinda big?
you mean TWICE AS MUCH... they also have unlocked multipliers for overclocking... they also are designed somewhat better and have higher quality standards. They are server processors, they are a higher grade of processors, just as the FXs are above the normal athlon 64s, in fact, the FXs are almost a complete rip off of the opertrons FYI.
etccomputers.ca is a good site, fairly reasonable prices and you know what your getting. Also it will give you only items compatable with your current setup. Server: CPU1 Intel Xeon Processor 3.6GHz FSB800, L2 1MB CPU 2 Intel Xeon Processor 3.6GHz FSB800, L2 1MB Memory1 GEIL 2GB(2x1GB) DDR 400 (GE2GB3200BDC) Memory2 GEIL 2GB(2x1GB) DDR 400 (GE2GB3200BDC) Intel Xeon Server FSB800 MB ASUS NCL-DS1R1 Dual Intel Xeon Intel7520 Hard Drive 1 Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive 2 Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA Optical Drive 1 LG 16X 4167B DVD RW +- Dual Layer Rewriter (Black) Optical Drive 2 Sony 52X CD-ROM (Black) Video ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AIW 128MB,AGP,CRT,DVI,AVI,AVO,TVI,TVO Audio Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro (Retail) Network Card Onboard Network Card Server Case Chenbro Xeon SR209 SCSI Hot Swap Server Case (black) Power Supply 680 W Thermaltake W0049RUC CRT Monitor Sony 21" FD Trinitron E540 Speakers Logitech Speaker Z-5300e 6pcs 5.1 system 280W w/Wired Remote I/O Device 1 Viewsonic ViewMate USB Keyboard KBM-KU-306 Black I/O Device 2 Logitech MX700 Wireless Optical & Rechargable Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition (OEM) Networking 1 SMC 1244TX 10/100Mbps PCI Network Adapter Warranty 3 Years Parts & Life Time Labor Warranty
I would deff go with Newegg if i were you B/c they are accretable and good prices and do things on time or faster the extra maybe 5 dollors u spend is worth it
