Gil Weber wrote:
I am thinking of replacing the ASUS board with a Tyan since that seems to get
I have very few good words for ASUS lately.
Alternatively she is thinking about 4X32 AMD processors. Is that insane or is that within the realm of rational thought? She realizes that there is not much in the way of 64 bit software at the moment so we're trying to plan for the future.
I don't know about 4xAthlonMP, although Tyan makes some very good dual boards, and MSI makes very good dual Athlon workstation board which come in at a reasonable price too. As far as Athlon64 goes, I would definitely recommend Gigabyte - they have dual-core capable boards. If you're serious about performance in the future and you're willing to spend some money, why not go for a dual core capable dual Opteron board, with a single core CPU (just one) for now until dual core prices are decent and you can afford to slip two of those hotties in? Regards Hans