Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:05:43 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD vs Intel ... Message-ID: <20040210140543.0udc44880cgocgo4@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <E8A73162-5BFA-11D8-889B-003065A70D30@shire.net> 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> <BE4EE848-5BF2-11D8-889B-003065A70D30@shire.net> <20040210132450.vps0wg00cgkwoscs@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <E8A73162-5BFA-11D8-889B-003065A70D30@shire.net>
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Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>: > On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Kenneth Culver wrote: > >> Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>: >> >>> 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
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