> that motherboard is for the 8000 series opterons, not the 2000 series ones > you quote. The cheapest 8000 series is $1610 each.
Thanks for the correction David. Poking around some more I found the G34 AMD CPUs, with 8 or 12 cores on a single CPU. $420 for a dual-CPU motherboard [1]. Cheapest 8-core chip is $300 [2]. So if $480 for everything else you need, $1500 for a 16-core machine? $800 for the 12-core chip, giving $2500 for a 24-core machine. I've done a little bit more study this time, and as far as I can tell these 6100 series CPUs are fine for 2 and 4 socket motherboards. (A bit more poking around couldn't find a 4-socket G34 motherboard that is not just "coming soon".) Darren [1]: http://www.directron.com/kgped16.html [2]: Note: no cooling. http://www.directron.com/6128wkt8egowof.html [3]: Note: no cooling. http://www.directron.com/os6164vatcego.html _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
