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Old August 11th 04, 08:00 PM
John Oliver
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Default Athlon XP "server" boards?

I'm specing out a new web server, and want to be able to compare an
Athlon-based system with a P4 based system. It's relatively easy to
find "server" quality boards for the P4, but I can't find any info for
Athlon server boards (except the Tyan Thunder K7X Pro, but I don't need
dual processor and it's twice the price of the Intel S875WP1-E that's
being quoted for the Intel-based system).

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Old August 12th 04, 05:16 AM
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John Oliver wrote:
I'm specing out a new web server, and want to be able to compare an
Athlon-based system with a P4 based system. It's relatively easy to
find "server" quality boards for the P4, but I can't find any info for
Athlon server boards (except the Tyan Thunder K7X Pro, but I don't need
dual processor and it's twice the price of the Intel S875WP1-E that's
being quoted for the Intel-based system).


If you need server purposes, I'd highly highly highly recommend going
with a dual processor setup. You can always run a single cpu and upgrade
to 2 later when you need better performance. For server purposes, the
AMD 64 Opteron blows any Xeon away. It's actually not even close.

http://www.tcwo.com/detail.htm?ProductID=400784

if you must stick with single cpu

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128
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Old August 12th 04, 01:19 PM
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"nikoli" wrote in message
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John Oliver wrote:
I'm specing out a new web server, and want to be able to compare an
Athlon-based system with a P4 based system. It's relatively easy to
find "server" quality boards for the P4, but I can't find any info for
Athlon server boards (except the Tyan Thunder K7X Pro, but I don't need
dual processor and it's twice the price of the Intel S875WP1-E that's
being quoted for the Intel-based system).


Dual opteron boards are OK. Building a system based on a Tyan Thunder S2885
mainboard now... Still waiting on parts so I can't tell just HOW good it
will be but AMD Opterons are definatlely an option.


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Old August 13th 04, 04:33 AM
nikoli
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Noozer wrote:
"nikoli" wrote in message
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John Oliver wrote:

I'm specing out a new web server, and want to be able to compare an
Athlon-based system with a P4 based system. It's relatively easy to
find "server" quality boards for the P4, but I can't find any info for
Athlon server boards (except the Tyan Thunder K7X Pro, but I don't need
dual processor and it's twice the price of the Intel S875WP1-E that's
being quoted for the Intel-based system).



Dual opteron boards are OK. Building a system based on a Tyan Thunder S2885
mainboard now... Still waiting on parts so I can't tell just HOW good it
will be but AMD Opterons are definatlely an option.



OK? I think they're a little better than just OK... but that's just me

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