Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 00:22:05 12/31/03
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On December 30, 2003 at 14:32:54, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On December 30, 2003 at 01:36:38, Sean Mintz wrote: > >>With a dual, you can always buy the dual motherboard and just one processor. >>When you can afford it later, then buy the second, keeping in mind it has to be >>the same as the first. >> >>Sean Mintz > >I wonder whether it is possible to buy a motherboard with a Athlon64 and when I >am ready for a dual to replace it for two Opterons. > >Miguel The flexibility is definitely not free. To run in parallel the Opteron must be at least 2xx (ie 248), which is an extra $200 (each) compared to the 1xx, ie 148. The two-processor motherboards are priced in the $400 range rather than $100-150 or so for a single-processor. So you pay a little over $400 to keep the option to upgrade. This probably only makes sense if you will upgrade very quickly. If you upgrade in a year, you'd probably want to start from scratch. Vas ps. Say hi to the folks up at MSU for me :-)
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