Re: [SLUG] new motherboard

From: Robert Snyder (robertsnyder@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2007 - 06:23:29 EDT


On 4/4/07, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Chris Mathey wrote:
>
>
> OK, Opteron is by Intel, and AthX2 is dual-core, yes? AMD says socket AM2
> is meant to replace socket 939, apparently because of a keying restriction
> they like. Is this happennwg?

Ok you just insulted me. Did you just call an Opteron an intel chip.
OMGWTFBBQ(j/k)
No Opterons are the server grade form of the Athlon 64. Opterons are the
competition to Intel Xeon processors.
They came in a couple different pin layouts

Oringal 940, AM2, Socket T

> NForce 5xx or 6xx north bridge
> > Most descent boards come with a pATA controller.
> > DDR2 (get 2 x 1GB vs 4x 512, etc.)
> > Creative X-Fi
> >
> > If you have the cheese go for GForce8800 as they are DX10 compatible
> (unless
> > you don't game or plan to use vista.
> > Otherwise get the best 7xxx series Gforce you can afford.
> > The above will build you a screamer.
>
> SLi is a method of ganging two PCI-E slots together for faster video
> performance, and you can still use a plain PCI-E non-SLi video card
> though,
> right?
>
> --
> -eben QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
>
> Drive nail here > < for new monitor.
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