On 01/25/2018 05:42 AM, echelon@free.fr wrote:
Hello Taiidan,
I have 2 questions:
-1) why is 6328 better for games? (compared to 6386SE?)
Faster clock speeds rather than an extra 8 un-used cores, there are
very few games that can use more than 8 cores fewer still that would
cooperate with the 16 core opteron NUMA arrangement that divides
your RAM (the 16 core optys are two 8 core CPU's on a single die)
You can also use isolcpus=2,3,4,5 to get Turbo 2 in case your games
only use 4 cores.
6328 is equivilant to an FX-8310
-2) where can I buy 6386SE for less than 250 USD? Is this price for preowned units?
Yeah it is, there isn't any reason to buy a new CPU as they last 20
years versus the much shorter lifespan for motherboard components
such as capacitors.
I have been hunting for these items on ebay for 2 months or more, but I see only offers @ 400USD and more!..
6328:
There are a few for $100/ea right now
6386SE:
There were some working scratch and dent (how?!?!) for $170/ea a few
weeks ago, $120/ea a month ago for one that had missing capacitors
that made it only work in a single CPU configuration.
As always don't be afraid to use best offer and if nothing suits you
just wait a week or so one will probably show up then.
Btw if you don't have all the D8/D16 boards you want I would buy
them new while you still can, they are going to stop selling/making
them soon if they haven't already.
As always feel free to ask any questions, and if you want something
off list just change the reply title to something else and add a
note.