New 760MP pics (Abit and MSI) including MSI's cheap 760MP + 686B Southbridge board

[NFS4]

<< 2U cases....for a dual athlon system.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiighttt!

Now don't get uppity...I love AMD as much as the next tech geek...but to put two athlons in a rackmount case...you might as well use the top of the case for a skillet.

You are lucky if you get 60mm fans in there for case fans...

Let alone the 4x92mm you are going to need to keep a case at a reasonable temp with dual Athlons....

I'd love to see Dual Athlons in a rack mount.... >>


Don't you just love it when people get cocky and you have to shut them down? 😀 How about 1U??😛


<< (Computex, Taipei, Taiwan) ¾ At Computex today in conjunction with AMD?s (NYSE: AMD) launch of their new Athlon MP SMP CPU for Servers, Einux introduces with the A.Serv Firebird 1U RackServer, the fastest rackmount based server available today and the first featuring AMD&auml; ?s new two-way Athlon MP CPU for Servers. Starting at a price of $2,695, the A.Serv Firebird 1U RackServer features support for up to two powerful AMD Athlon MP processors in a 1U (1.75&quot; height) platform, making it the fastest server and 1U server platform available today. With this combination of performance and cost-effectiveness, the A.Serv Firebird 1U is an excellent addition to Einux?s high density server solutions offering the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) and total cost of management (TCM) the industry.

The A.Serv Firebird 1U is based on AMD?s new Athlon MP CPU for Servers with the new Palomino core, The unit boasts 4GHz of processing power by supporting two AMD Athlon MP processors with 266MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) and a 384KB L2 integrated cache each, supports up to 4GB of super fast DDR memory and can store a plethora of data with a maximum storage capacity of up to 328GB on four hard drives all in 1U (1.75&quot; height) of rack space. Plus, the Firebird also features AMD?s superior Floating Point Unit (FPU) for the fastest processing of complex calculations in applications such as vector graphics, 3D animation and supercomputer processing. In benchmarks, the unit performs up to 50% faster than comparable Intel&auml; Pentium&auml; 4 processors. The unit also utilizes Einux?s Compact Server Architecture&auml; (CSA&auml; ) allowing IT departments, web operators, ISPs, ASPs, telecom companies and businesses the ability to fit up to 82 processors (42 Dual CPU servers) in an industry standard 19&quot; rack. >>


http://www.einux.com/AServ1U1300S.html

 

[The Stigenator]

yummy......

 

[Noriaki]

Wow...that's pretty impressive...
How much did they cut the power consumption on the Palimino? Still those things must run damn hot...how good of a HSF can you have in a 1.75&quot; wide case....

Edit:
Oh...I didn't see those were 1.2GHz.

I didn't think the Paliminos were going to come that low...just for lappies I thought.

With a Palimino's power reduction and a clock speed of only 1.2GHz the heat shouldn't be too high


That's cool. Glad to see it 🙂

Now the question is...will they sell any?

 

[Wingznut]

&quot;Now the question is...will they sell any?&quot;

You think Joe Average is set on brand loyalty? You should think about Joe SysAdmin, who's job security is based on system integrity and stability, rather than price or performance.

 

[Noriaki]

<< You should think about Joe SysAdmin, who's job security is based on system integrity and stability, rather than price or performance. >>

That's why I asked the question.
And don't forget that big corps like Intel.

We are setting up a siesmic processing cluster at work. Honestly...stability isn't that important to these machines....if they can stay up for a couple days at a time that's fine. If one goes down the master just redistributes it's jobs to the others. All we need is raw FPU power. It's kind of like RC5....

The Athlons would do this job a lot better than P3s. No offense to intel but they would.

But our management won't even look at Athlons becuase they don't come from Intel (if the SIPMAP apps were SSE2 optimized that would be spiffy, but they are not. They are raw x87).

 

[NFS4]

<< wingz: my guess would be 68 pin scsi connectors. But well it's in a strange place, but I have not a clue on what else it could be. >>


<< I agree. It is a prototype board, after all. Perhaps they didn't find enough PCB space because they added IDE connectors around the AMD766 southbridge.

Really bad place to add SCSI connectors, though. Right between 2 CPUs? Horrible air flow with those SCSI cables around the 2 HSF. >>


I think I know that the slots are...this is from VIA Hardware:

&quot;ABit has taken a different tack, by selling voltage regulation modules seperately. Thus, much can be saved on component costs if the buyer is only making use of one processor.&quot;

 

[Wingznut]

I guess I'm not familiar with voltage regulation modules. But most people don't seem to be fond of them.

Pros/cons?

 

[joohang]

Well.. I'm starting a hardware SIG (special interest group) at VANTUG (Vancouver NT User Group). I will bring lots of surprises to many professionals. 🙂

Corporate use of Athlon will be one of the topics I'm thinking about discussing.

 

[Sunner]

While its true Intel's name holds a big value in the corporate sector, I think Athlons may have a bright future if companies like Compaq starts offering servers based off them.

Me, I look at it this way, if Compaq is confident enough win the AthlonMP to release a ProLiant with it, then its reliable enough.
Of course I wouldnt just run out and buy it, but after 6 months, if there are no reported problems, I wouldnt hesitate to buy one if it had better performance than an equally expensive Intel box.

But I wouldnt buy it from a company named ex... whatever that was 😉

 

[mgravy]

Any indication on the type of RAM required for this board (registered, unbuffered, etc.)?