I have the dual opteron 18 inchs from my face and all I hear is the hsf's on the k7d behind me in the rack and its running way way hotter then then the opterons in my face.
Even if it isnt way faster so far I am in love with the 64bit architecture.
And my rig isnt one you gamer guys would like as its a msi k8d master with no agp. But with 3 pci-x 64 bit and two gigabit onboardf I have plenty of options.
But my motherboard with dual cpu's ran about 570 bills. Sweetest purchase I ever made. have loved every minute of it so far.
tex
Stock HSF's I got off ebay for 5 bucks each. They were original hsf's included with the cpu's not aftermarket high performance models. Hold your hand on them near the base and they are cold to the touch. Not even warm.
Tex
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited February 2004
What speed Opterons? I may have to consider selling my K7D, dual 2500s, and some other stuff and getting an opteron-based dual CPU system...
my opteron will hit room temp when idle, and when i enable the smartfan feature on the asus MB, the fan totaly shuts off and turns on only when gaming..(yes i said only gaming... the fan is off even when folding!!!)
What speed Opterons? I may have to consider selling my K7D, dual 2500s, and some other stuff and getting an opteron-based dual CPU system...
Mine are the cheapest slowest Opterons. 240's. I have about 550 tied up in the motherboard and dual 240's off ebay. It has a gb and a half of reg ecc pc2100 I already had here from my other dual cpu rigs I sold. I sold a dual asus with 1600's and a dual tyan with 2.0 xeons and had a 150 bucks to spare after upgrading to the opteron. And still have a msi k7d with dual 2100's and a gb of reg ecc and a dual p3 700 with a gb of reg ecc in the rack also after the upgrade and sell off of parts.
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Even if it isnt way faster so far I am in love with the 64bit architecture.
Tex
even though I don't have one yet!
But my motherboard with dual cpu's ran about 570 bills. Sweetest purchase I ever made. have loved every minute of it so far.
tex
Tex
my opteron will hit room temp when idle, and when i enable the smartfan feature on the asus MB, the fan totaly shuts off and turns on only when gaming..(yes i said only gaming... the fan is off even when folding!!!)
Mine are the cheapest slowest Opterons. 240's. I have about 550 tied up in the motherboard and dual 240's off ebay. It has a gb and a half of reg ecc pc2100 I already had here from my other dual cpu rigs I sold. I sold a dual asus with 1600's and a dual tyan with 2.0 xeons and had a 150 bucks to spare after upgrading to the opteron. And still have a msi k7d with dual 2100's and a gb of reg ecc and a dual p3 700 with a gb of reg ecc in the rack also after the upgrade and sell off of parts.
Tex