Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 23:12:45 09/13/01
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On September 13, 2001 at 21:03:47, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 13, 2001 at 10:42:50, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On September 13, 2001 at 08:44:35, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>Even the price estimate isn't correct. The AMD only works with registered >>>memory, and a special power supply. >>> >>>That's like $500 more at least. The motherboard is way more expensive, >>>another $400 more than a dual P3 motherboard is. >>> >>>Then in case of the S2462 motherboard you need a server case and >>>you can't use a cheap bigtower. >> >>You can get an AMD MP motherboard that doesn't require a special power supply >>The S2460). And you can get this motherboard for $200 TOTAL - *NOT* $400 _more_ >>than the dual P3 motherboard. If you really want the S2462, it's only $350. >>The needed power supply can be had for less than $100. You can get 512MB of the >>needed registered PC2100 memory for less than $150. The price for an Athlon >>1.2Ghz Palomino processor is about $150 - the same as the price for a 933Mhz >>PIII processor. >> >>The S2462 is Extended ATX form factor (12" x 13") - this does not require a >>server case. I only checked one of the recommended cases from Tyan's page, but >>it's listed as a "Mid Tower" case. It is also not _that_ expensive. > >build the S2462 system and talk again with me then! If you send me $1500, I'm pretty sure I could build this system. :) But I don't have that much money right now - I only have a few hundred, which I will use to upgrade my current computer. I'm trying to decide now whether I want to get a dual Athlon, or get a single Athlon, but wait for the KT266A chipset, which shows in benchmarks to be significantly faster than current Athlon chipsets. >You'll get back on some statements then! > >it's sure true that the S2460 is a cool alternative now because it doesn't >require the stupid power supply. > >You won't get the special power supply for the S2462 for $100 btw. >Nowhere i could get it for under 460 dutch guilder, which is nearly $200. Believe what you want. I looked up the prices myself, from more than one source. I can get it for $94 + shipping.
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