Opterons

[IronBits]

MSI Opteron K8D MASTER, AMD 8131 & AMD 8111 , 333FSB, DUAL SOCKET 940, 5PCI, VIDEO, GIGABIT LAN, 6 DIMMS, RETAIL BOX
$517.95
http://axiontech.com/prdt.php?item=36428
Officially certified/supported by AMD :thumbs:

[magnav0x]

/drools :D

[TheOtherPhil]

No AGP darnit.

[IronBits]

heh, for crunching, not gaming :haddock:
ATI Rage XL video controller, onboard I think.
/me starts shaking piggybank :D

[Darkness Productions]

Doesn't come with a processor tho. $500 for a board is way outta my league...

[IronBits]

But, there is room for TWO :D :thumbs:
High dollar, Server class, mobo, dat's for sure...
Where are the other choices? :swear:
We got real CPUs and paper release mobos!? :cry:

[TheOtherPhil]

I need AGP for workstation duties, not games :p. PCI-Express should provide a much better interface than AGP soon anyway.

The nForce 3 Pro mobo's look promising. Single(!) and dual boards supporting Opteron's and also include AGP.

Did anybody see the single Opteron gaming benches at Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1818)? The 1.8GHz Opteron handed the P4 3GHz it's ass :eek:.

[PY 222]

I can see myself with an 8 way Opteron system running 8 different kinds of DC projects.

Unfortunately cost is a terrible concern of mine :cry:

[IronBits]

Model 240 - 1400MHz
Model 242 - 1600MHz
Model 244 - 1800MHz
Dual mobo $569.29 http://www.lsmicro.com/prod_info/motherboards/mbmsk8dmf.htm
Dual 244 Processor Boxed $854
http://www.spartantech.com/product.asp?PID=AMDOSA244BOX&m1=pg
Lots O boards http://www.amdboard.com/opteron_boards.html
Asus SK8N - P8N8X-LA appears to have AGP and nforce3 :)

[Tesela Tinniber]

So Ironbits, did you rattle your piggybank enough to get some Opterons? I'm considering to assemble a dual Opteron workstation, but it sure would be nice not being the first one ;)

[IronBits]

Not yet, but that nforce3 chipset has my heart beating faster :)
Waiting for the prices to drop some, and the OS and programs able to take advantage of it.
No sense in having a HEMI if I can't get the fuel to run it. ;)
The DC clients need to be able to take advantage of it, or it's just not worth it to me.
I have an XP2600 and an ATI RADEON 9700 Pro with DDR3200 - I'm not having any problems gaming :D

[Tesela Tinniber]

Originally posted by IronBits
Waiting for the prices to drop some, and the OS and programs able to take advantage of it.
No sense in having a HEMI if I can't get the fuel to run it. ;)


That, of course, makes much sense, but the thing is I'm getting a couple of 244s really cheap (long and boring story) so I'm really tempted to build a workstation around them rather than selling them for profit.

I'll keep you posted, should decide next week.

[IronBits]

Asus Motherboard for Opteron 200 Processors Model SK8N Retail $300
Specifications:
Supported CPU:One 940-pin socket supports one Opteron 100 series or 200 series CPU Built-in 1MB L2 cache
Chipset:NVDIA nForce 3 pro150
FSB:(controlled by Processor) Scalable HyperTransport Bus
RAM:4x Dual Channel Sockets,registered PC2700/2100/1600 Max 8GB
IDE:2 x UltraDMA 133 /100 up to 4 Devices
Slots:1 x AGP 8X and 5x PCI
Ports:2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,
Onboard Audio:ALC650 6 Channel
Onboard LAN: CK8 MAC+ RealTek RTL8201BL PHY
Onboard RAID: Promise R20378 RAID0, RAID1, RAID 0+1

ETA: 8/1-2003

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