The catch is that those CPUs only run at 2.0 and 1.7 GHz, respectively.
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
