Opteron anyone?

[Geoffrey Leach]

I eventually secured a replacement for the failed board, but had I not  
done so, your "thinking outside of the box" advice here would have been  
followed.  Thanks.

On 05/05/07 12:00:55, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > I need to replace a MB that has dual Opteron 240s. Hard to do,
> because that's
> > yesterday's t4echnology. I'd appreciate hearing about
> Fedora-friendly boards
> > that use the 240. Thanks.
> 
> Heretical thought here...
> 
> Surely the Opteron 240 is a 1.4 GHz single core processor? You might
> be
> better off buying a single-processor motherboard (which will be
> cheaper)
> and a fast dual core processor.
> 
> Having said that, you may have problems finding a combination that
> will
> take your existing memory, unless you're prepared to replace that,
> too.
> 
> James.
> 
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