Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:41:35 06/23/04
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On June 22, 2004 at 10:08:24, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 22, 2004 at 09:53:02, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>On June 22, 2004 at 09:44:57, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On June 22, 2004 at 09:20:06, Joachim Rang wrote: >>> >>>>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 >>> >>> >>>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_609,00.html >>> >>>I see 799$ for the athlon(not athlon XP) in this table when the opteron is >>>cheaper. >>> >>>Uri >> >> >>you mean this: Athlon™ 64 FX-53 $799 >> >>this one is clocked at 2.4 GHz and you must compare it to the Opteron 250 which >>is listed with $851. >> >>Look at the same table one column to the right were all these 3000+ numbers are. >>There you find the AMD Athlon 3400+ for 417 $. >> >>What about this system? >> >>Athlon 64 3000+ (FSB 1600, 1MB) Box - 3 years warranty - 3 years warranty >>($277.76) >> >>GA-K8NPRO (nForce3,AMD64,SATA SB,Raid,Lan1G,FW) ($148.20) >> >>DDR 512MB/400 PC3200 Elixir/Digma/OEM ($92.00) >> >>DDR 512MB/400 PC3200 Elixir/Digma/OEM ($92.00) >> >>WD SATA160GB, 7200 rpm 8MB - 3 year warranty ($137.86) >> >>ATI Radeon 7000 64MB,TV Out, Dual Head (of Octek) ($49.20) >> >>Midi ATX + 2USB 400W (329-1) ($44.20) >> >>DVD Toshiba 16x48, Bulk in stock ($35.96) >> >> >>Price USD: 877.18 >>Price NIS: 4542.52 >> >>I configured it online on http://www.compu21.co.il/. >> >>It has only tht AMD Athlon 3000+ which is clocked at 2.0 GHz, so it is probably >>10 % slower than your Opteron 248, but it is below 900 $ and you can buy three >>of them. >> >>regards Joachim > >Thanks for the information. >I will tell it tommorow to the person that was interested for me in the opteron >one of the options to consider is to buy both of them if the real price is >really below 900$. > >Uri As far as I understand it is more than 900$ because it is without windows and without screen and I cannot even use winboard without windows. Uri
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