Opteron 180

Since I now got a job and I was too late for MO's Raptors, I had to put that new money somewhere! I'd been dreaming of a higher-end CPU for my 939 board (I won't upgrade my board until DDR3) for a long time.

I've always wanted an FX-60, but at 400-500 USD on eBay, that's too much money for me. So I went on the Opteron side. 185 looked good, at around 100$ less for almost the same chip.

Then I discovered the 180, only 200 Mhz lower in clock and with the same L2 cache. I found one for 159 USD on eBay yesterdeay, new!

I hope to be able to overclock this thing to 3Ghz, then I'll be good for some time