AMD vs Intel ...

[Kenneth Culver]

Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad at shire.net>:

> On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Kenneth Culver wrote:
>
>> Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad at 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