Re: An AMD64 or my (or your) dreams - what to buy?

[Richard Otte <otte@ucsc.edu>]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 06:08:45PM +0200, Bastian Blankenburg wrote:
> Richard Otte wrote:
> 
> >I am also very confused about what AMD64 system to buy.  I was about
> >to purchase an Athlon64, but read they would soon be discontinued.
> >Being almost completely ignorant about hardware, I didn't know how
> >much this should discourage me.  Since I don't have the money to buy a
> >socket 754 chip, I wondered if it would be cheaper to buy a socket 940
> >opteron motherboard and chip.  So I was wondering if anyone could
> >explain to me, or point me to a few links, that would explain the
> >advantages and disadvantages of Athlon64 vs single opteron systems.
> >It looks like one can get an opteron 146 (2ghz) for about the same
> >price as an athlon64 3200.  I simply have no idea of how they compare
> >performance-wise, and didn't quickly find anything I could understand
> >through google.  
> >
> > 
> >
> I'd really be surprised if you find an Opteron board/CPU combination 
> less expensive than a socket 754 system. Isn't it just the other way 
> round?? Anyway, I think this article covers quite well what you are 
> looking for:
> http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/amd-athlon64-3800plus/athlon64-3800plus-s939.html
Bastian,

I mis-typed!  I meant that I couldn't afford a socket 939 setup; you
are absolutely correct that a socket 754 system is cheaper than an
opteron system.  So my question was really about the cheap opteron
systems (which look to be much cheaper than socket 939 systems).  

Thanks for the link; it was quite interesting!

Ric