opetron vs athlon64 vs ????

what's the difference between the athlon64 and the opetron?

is it worth upgrading from a 1.7 ghz with a 400mhz bus

i was thinking of getting the "Tyan Thunder K8W" (pci-x is a must) is this good?

how out of date is that mobo?

and lastly can i use it leaving one of the dual sockets empty?


thank you for you help,

dan

p.s.

i wasn't sure where 2 post this. is anyone knows of a better board please tell me

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:47:56 -0800, Dan Irwin wrote:

 > what's the difference between the athlon64 and the opetron?
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.amd.com" target="_blank">http://www.amd.com</a>

The main diff is that the memory bus width on the A64 is 72bit while it's
144bit on the Opteron.

 > is it worth upgrading from a 1.7 ghz with a 400mhz bus
 >
I think that's entirely up to you. it will be a lot faster though.

 > i was thinking of getting the "Tyan Thunder K8W" (pci-x is a must) is
 > this good?
 >
Don't know, but if you're not goign to use SMP, why pay for it.

 > how out of date is that mobo?
 >
Since it's new technology, it can't be too far out of date.

 > and lastly can i use it leaving one of the dual sockets empty?
 >
Yes.

You can get an A64 MB for about $80. Double or triple that
for an Opteron SMP MB.

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