[Pc_Support] Foxconn's $245 Single Opteron, nForce Pro 2200 + 2050 ...

[Jason Boxman]

On Wednesday 06 July 2005 01:31, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
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> Opteron 100 series are sub-$200 for a good, 2GHz/1MB L2 processor.  The
> only other cost is Registered SDRAM, but Registered ECC DDR333 SDRAM is
> very reliable, and not much more in cost.  This makes this mainboard an
> excellent idea for an "entry level server" when cost is king, but you
> don't want to skimp on reliability.

But "entry level" for what task?  My old dual P3 733MHz seems to get the job 
done, so I guess it's "mid level" or "high end" for me.

;)

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