Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 06:20:06 06/22/04
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On June 22, 2004 at 09:01:03, Uri Blass wrote: >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. > Opteron 248 (clocked at 2.2 GHz) $ 690 AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (clocked at 2.2 GHz) $ 417 about 70% cheaper and the same performance in a single-configuration. Also Motherboards for the Athlon 64 are much cheaper (you'll save another 100$ for sure). >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. > That is a valid reasoning and if you plan to go for Dualconfiguration it is a good idea to do so now. >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. If there will be faster opteron, there will be faster Athlon too. No difference here. > >Uri regards Joachim
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