Re: DualCore Dual-Opteron Board - suggestion?
On Saturday 10 December 2005 00:18, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 08:08:40PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> > >No clue personally, just seems amusing given supermicro I believe is the
> > >company that doesn't even want to admit to making AMD compatible boards.
> > >
> > >:)
> >
> > maybe it changed (see below)
> >
> > >You can go through their website looking at models and they only
> > >mention intel cpus. once in a while you can click on something, like
> > >say the SC812S-420C in the chassis section, clearly labeled as DP Xeon /
> > >EM64T in the chart, but once you go to the details of it, you discover
> > >that amazingly it apparently can also be had with opterons installed.
> > >About the only way to find anything non intel, is by random clicking,
> > >or doing a site search for opteron. They sure aren't trying to get you
> > >to buy their opteron offerings. Maybe that would make intel mad at them
> > >or something. I wonder if they have any experience dealing with
> > > opterons yet? I wonder what the service would be like if there is a
> > > problem in the bios.
> >
> > well i think that there is some information:
> > http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/
> >
> > the truth is, that tyan is our favorite :) it's classics after all...
> > and has sata...
> > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8sdpro.html
> > however, the question is when it will be available - not possible to get
> > it in czech republic, nor in germany...
>
> maybe there is a shortage because dell is buying them all up. word on
> the street is that dell is going to starting selling amd64 systems early
> next year. i guess customer pressure can affect change.
>
> anyway, it sounds like what you need is a good contact in the US. ~:^)
>
> Cheers,
>
> a
Dell is to cheap to buy Tyan boards, Tyan has only one or two AMD64 boards all
the rest are Opteron based, whic cost more. If Dell is going after the server
market then Opteron would be the choice, but AMD64 is another story.
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Greg Madden
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