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Date:      Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:01:21 +0200
From:      Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>
To:        Communications Machine <ITStaff@wmptl.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?
Message-ID:  <20041018220121.GA15058@aoi.wolfpond.org>
In-Reply-To: <000501c4b547$6a577b00$0300000a@transcon>
References:  <000501c4b547$6a577b00$0300000a@transcon>

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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 03:19:40PM -0400, Communications Machine wrote:
> 
> Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware:
> 
> AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap)
> MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset)
> 2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM

In my experience trying to put more than 1GB RAM in a socket-754 mainboard
is asking for trouble. This type of board is incredibly picky about its
memory, especially when using more than two DIMMs.

An Opteron platform may be a better choice here.

-- 
Francois Tigeot



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