PCI-E and Opteron on one board

[allllec]

im very new to use Opteron's in desktop rigs, but i was woundering is it worth it, is it possible to get dual Opteron boards for desktop pc's. is this all under £1,000, and do the boards come with pci-e ports. sorry i really know nothing about this "market" atm stuck with old athlon 64's atm, being a amd fan boy i quite fancy a dual Opteron system

 

[FrankJH]

The old Opteron's were s940 and I wouldnt know if there were pci-e boards avaialble

however there are dual core opty's available (a little hard to come by now though) that are s939 and therefore will probably fit in your current mobo - unless thats a s754 variety of course

There are no dual cpu s939 boards around, but shortly AMD are releasing a 4*4 chipset which should allow 2 of their newer variety of AM2 socket CPU's to be used on one mobo, ie 4 cores for one "desktop" pc

 

[dual2max]

is it possible to get dual Opteron boards for desktop pc's. is this all under £1,000, and do the boards come with pci-e ports.

The board you are looking for is the Tyan

Board 300
CPU 200
Memory 200
Graphics 150
HD 50
Case 100 (eatx)

Here you have to stop cos you've just spent a grand......

 

[Tetras]

Dual core 939 Opteron or Athlon X2 is better value and more efficient power and heat wise but you don't have to spend £300 on a 940 board. The Tyan S2877ANRF (Tiger K8WE, junior brother to Thunder K8WE) has dual PCI-Express x16 and two socket 940s at under £200. The 2 way Optys are a little on the pricey side, almost double the Athlon 64 equivalent but they can be had cheaper if you go OEM or are happy to get them second hand. You would also need registered ECC ram (socket 939 doesn't) which has a premium price tag and an EPS 12v power supply (quite a few are, including Seasonic S12 series).

There are also a few cheaper MSI and Asus boards (£150 - £200 ish) but I'm not sure what they are like.