I need help here.. Things TO DO and NOT TO DO when going Dual AMD

[The Stigenator]

We are testing out the feasiblity of a Dual AMD system at work as a rendering system..
But before even we can build it we have hit a block..

First block.. the motherboard is HUGE.. take up the whole space.. took us one hour to put it in the full tower case that we have.. (that including bolting it down). Make sure you got a really nice case.. with removeable hard drive bay's .. ours were welded in.. :|

Second it takes DDR Registered Chips - make sure you got those..

Third and Major headache for us.. I need a power supply that isnt the standard ATX 20 connectors to the motherboard.. The Tyan mobo requires 24 pins to the Mobo (main) and an additional 8 Pin (Redundancy I think Like the P4). Problem is that we have a standard 300W 20 Pin connector for the powersupply, we need to find someone who makes a powersupply that has 24 Pins.. so far I havent found any.

Also being dual AMD's .. a standard 300W would just about cut it, but you need something a little more powerful to run the procs nicely.

Also you need heavy cooling to exhaust the air.

Anyway I would like people to give me some tips on what else I need to know before I compelete it.. Also where can I find a powersupply with a 24 pin connector to the mobo. Might have to go a little more powerful. So far I found that we need a 400W+ Powersupply to run the AMD's (this from several AMD auth sites).. damn that's a lot of power.



Tyan Dual AMD Motherboard Spec's

 

[drewski]

do a search. i saw a post in the last couple of days on who makes PSUs for this board and where to get them.

 

[drewski]

i'm putting off work i need to have done first thing in the AM so i searched and found it.

here

 

[Vincent]

Go to AMD's website and look at their recommendations. They list several power supplies.

 

[The Stigenator]

Thanks..

I will place an order tonite..