Opteron 100 Mainboard Recommendation

[Ken Gunderson]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:50:43 -0500
Mike Jakubik <mikej at rogers.com> wrote:

> Ken Gunderson wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:50:11 -0500
> > Mike Jakubik <mikej at rogers.com> wrote:
> >   
> >>
> >> I would try the Sun Fire X2100 Server.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > It uses same board.  Not really into 1U's for workstation use.  Those
> > cooling fans are screamers for an office environment...;-)
> >
> >   
> 
> 
> Ahh, i didnt notice you needed a workstation. In that case, i would 
> recommend you try a Supermicro board. They have long been an Intel only 
> manufacturer, but it looks like they are starting to do AMD as well. 
> Their Intel products are top quality. Something like this board would be 
> suitable:
> 
> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron/HT1000/H8SSL-i.cfm
> 
> All the products can be found here:
> 
> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/

Yeah, I was checking these out the other day.  AMD sports SuperMicro as
featured partner and links to these Opteron based 1U BB units but the
mainboards don't make the "recommended list".  Wonder how much Tyan
paid 'em for that....;-P 

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Best regards,

Ken Gunderson

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