From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 11:01:29 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 9DB6A16A4CE for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz [66.92.171.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C6F43D1D for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:01:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz) Received: by mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Postfix, from userid 80) id F394D2D6; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:05:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from 141.156.69.109 ([141.156.69.109]) by www.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Horde) with HTTP for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:05:43 -0500 Message-ID: <20040210140543.0udc44880cgocgo4@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:05:43 -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> <20040210132450.vps0wg00cgkwoscs@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> 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 19:01:29 -0000 Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" : > On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Kenneth Culver wrote: > >> 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. >> > > Which is why I said "(not AMD64)" yeah, I saw that right after I responded :-P Ken