[Pc_Support] Re: Hardware recommendations -- What would you buy?

[Bryan J. Smith]

"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> Dual-processor Opteron
> - (4) 512MB Registered ECC DDR400/PC3200 Memory  $ 500
> - (4) 1GB Registered ECC DDR400/PC3200 Memory    $+250
> 
> The "big cost" with 2x Socket-940 Opteron 200 is the
> requirement of "Registered" DDR SDRAM (which might as well
> be ECC for little, additional cost) -- and it's not much
> more for 1GB DIMMs instead of 512MB DIMMs.  But for maximum
> performance, you need four (4) DIMMs -- 2 per CPU -- for
> the full 256-bit wide memory bus (128-bit per CPU).

BTW, you _could_ go with (8) 256MB Registered ECC
DDR333/PC2700 Memory modules for about $200-250, and save a
good $250-300 (more than half).  This will "max out" your
DIMM slots to give you 2GB.


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