Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:21:14 06/23/04
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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 I decided to go for both the athlon and the opteron. I start by buying the opteron that will be done today and I have some questions about the parts of the athlon. 1)WD SATA160GB, 7200 rpm 8MB - 3 year warranty ($137.86) Is it a good idea to spend money on memory when I can save money by getting 40GB and use the money for a better processor(3200 ghz). 2)If the athlon3000+ is only 10% slower than the opteron248 then what about the athlon3200 or the athlon3400 (they expect to get athlon3400 next week)? Uri
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