shawngibson
Junior Member
Hi guys, great reading here, just joined. At the risk of asking you to prognosticate here, since the S2877 just started shipping, I guess my question is twofold:
1) I am building the following system and would like to know if you think I will run into any problems that can not be surmounted with a little work:
Tyan S2877 motherboard
2 AMD Opteron dual-core 280s (1 now, the second later)
Win XP64 (I think it's a gamble, but I'll be very careful with drivers)
ATI X1800VPU w/512Mb
4Gb of OCZ Titanium RAM (up to 6 or 8Gb or more as required)
2 Western Digital 74Gb Raptors, 10,000 RPM (OS and Programs, scratch for Photoshop)
1 Western Digital 36Gb Raptor (for 'immediate' storage)
1 external drive for archiving
Lian Li PC-V1000
I have no idea what power to buy???
Any suggestions? I know it's breaking the bank, but I'm starting with the board, 1 processor and RAM (loan from work...they own this for a year technically, then it's totally mine) and buying from there as I can over the next 3 months.
I want this to be scalable hopefully enough tht I'm only 'adding' not upgrading/replacing for at least 3 years.
2) The Tyan rep told me the S2877 will do what I want to do performance-wise (Photoshop for the new few versions with my 750meg files, a little 3d rendering and general usage at the same time including TV)...but he told me the S2895 board is a better board. I know it is a 'better board' certainly if you want to run a server, but is it something I really need, for a stand-alone powerhouse digital editing computer? I know this might sound vain, but I want it to fit into an ATX case. The S2877 does, and the S2895 doesn't.
I very much appreciate any comments. I'm getting the motherboard, processor and RAM in 5 days...
Shawn
1) I am building the following system and would like to know if you think I will run into any problems that can not be surmounted with a little work:
Tyan S2877 motherboard
2 AMD Opteron dual-core 280s (1 now, the second later)
Win XP64 (I think it's a gamble, but I'll be very careful with drivers)
ATI X1800VPU w/512Mb
4Gb of OCZ Titanium RAM (up to 6 or 8Gb or more as required)
2 Western Digital 74Gb Raptors, 10,000 RPM (OS and Programs, scratch for Photoshop)
1 Western Digital 36Gb Raptor (for 'immediate' storage)
1 external drive for archiving
Lian Li PC-V1000
I have no idea what power to buy???
Any suggestions? I know it's breaking the bank, but I'm starting with the board, 1 processor and RAM (loan from work...they own this for a year technically, then it's totally mine) and buying from there as I can over the next 3 months.
I want this to be scalable hopefully enough tht I'm only 'adding' not upgrading/replacing for at least 3 years.
2) The Tyan rep told me the S2877 will do what I want to do performance-wise (Photoshop for the new few versions with my 750meg files, a little 3d rendering and general usage at the same time including TV)...but he told me the S2895 board is a better board. I know it is a 'better board' certainly if you want to run a server, but is it something I really need, for a stand-alone powerhouse digital editing computer? I know this might sound vain, but I want it to fit into an ATX case. The S2877 does, and the S2895 doesn't.
I very much appreciate any comments. I'm getting the motherboard, processor and RAM in 5 days...
Shawn
