opteron 146 thoughts on motherboards

[Robert L Cochran]

The archives of this list has a considerable amount of discussion about 
motherboards and Opteron processors. Spend a little time reading them. I 
wanted to upgrade to a dual core processor myself but had cost concerns. 
And it was a bit confusing reviewing the available motherboards. Someone 
suggested an Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard, and with the v1.5 BIOS 
update it is quite nice, I like the board. You might want to look at it. 
A big advantage is that you can recycle your existing memory sticks and 
video card to the Asrock.

Bob Cochran

Andy Dean wrote:

> Hi
>
> am looking at getting an opteron 146, and would like some input with 
> regards to motherboards, whether it's worthwhile going for a tyan 
> tomcat k8e or just for a asus nvidia sli board of some description, or 
> something else if any one has some recomedations. Mainly to be used as 
> a desktop system really. Just wanting to get the best that i can with 
> the budget i have and would value your input.
>
> TIA
>
> Andy Dean
>