From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 10:20:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D378016A4D7 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:20:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz [66.92.171.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA47243D2F for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:20:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz) Received: by mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Postfix, from userid 80) id 91E2E1F6; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:24:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from 141.156.69.109 ([141.156.69.109]) by www.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Horde) with HTTP for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:24:50 -0500 Message-ID: <20040210132450.vps0wg00cgkwoscs@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:24:50 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" References: <20040209121420.G13061@ganymede.hub.org> <59D53984-5B26-11D8-8AE0-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <20040209141200.K13061@ganymede.hub.org> <45C0AC64-5B31-11D8-8AE0-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <20040210042518.GA53510@wiz.com> <4028CDA5.3010904@mac.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.0-cvs cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD vs Intel ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:20:37 -0000 Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" : > On Feb 10, 2004, at 5:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > >> Marc Wiz wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: >>>> OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty significant, >>>> but be aware that you'll also pay a significant premium for >>>> dual-proc hardware versus single-proc machines: compare an AMD >>>> 2400MP versus the 2400XP price, or the 2.4GHz Xeon P4 vs. a >>>> Northwood P4, and then factor in the additional costs for a >>>> MP-capable motherboard. >>> Try about $159 for a dual processor motherboard from Tyan. >>> I just bought a S2466 for about that much brand new. >> >> You can get a decent single-proc AMD motherboard for about $55 >> (Shuttle AK39N w/ VIA KT400 + VT8235, onboard LAN and audio), which >> is one third the cost of your dual-proc MB, although obviously one >> can spend more on either type. >> > > Just a note: If you want ECC with an AMD Athlon (not AMD64), you need > to buy a dual board anyway, since I don't know of anyone who makes a > board with a chipset that supports ECC that isn't a dual. > Unless you buy one of the single processor athlon 64/opteron boards and get an opteron/athlon 64 fx chip. Ken