Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:01:03 06/22/04
I think to buy the opteron248 or opteron250(if possible) from www.compu21.co.il(I go for 2 in order to be able to add one processor in the future) There are some problems: 1)There is no confidence that I can get the hardware before the beginning of WCCC. 2)I am the only buyer of that hardware in Israel and amd has not it in the stock so the company will invite the parts from USA and they expect to get it in 4 days from the day that I order. 3)It is the first time that this computer is built by that company and I cannot be sure how much time it is going to take them to build the computer. 4)there is only limited responsibility for the computer(not like the case when I buy something from IBM). The price of the computer is at least 3500$ but I do not pay it in one payement so there is going to be no problem with it. I remember that people claimed that the athlon64 is cheaper solution but based on looking at the price of the processor it seems that the price of the good athlon is high so there is probably not a big difference and I do not see that I can get a computer that is 10% slower for significantly smaller price. The main problem that make me unsure if I can get the computer on time is that It is the first time that this company build the computer and I am not sure how much time it is going to take. The computer is expected to go to Israel 4 days from the time I order it and I guess it is going to be 3 days in the duty before the company build it. I think to go for the opteron and not for the athlon also because of options to upgrade later. If I buy the athlon and there is going to be faster opteron I cannot get the faster opteron for cheaper price but if I buy opteron and there is later a faster opteron I may replace only the processor and get a better computer for cheaper price. Uri
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