[OT] Tyan S2895 K8WE and EPV12V/SSI 3.51 power supply (correction/additions)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 23:04 -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> I was comparing the specifications of a $200 Athlon64 3500+ 2GHz/512KB
> 90nm and the $300 Opteron 246 2GHz/1MB 130nm ($500 if I want to go
> 90nm/55W) and the Opteron edges out the newer Athlon64 in performance
> (except for maybe a few things).

Ack, let me correct something.

I mean the $200 Athlon64 _3200+_.  The 3500+ is $300 and 2.2GHz/512KB.
In any case, the Opteron 246 2GHz/1MB performs very well against.
So it's really just a matter of additional 2x (+$300) in mainboard cost
(I'm playing for the 2x in PCIe channels, plus PCI-X channels which I
really want) over an SLI mainboard.  I like these options.

I already have an Li-Lian PC-1200V that cools very, very well, while
being very quiet (at least considering it has 2 x 120mm fans), and keeps
the 5 hard drives cool.

The only "extra negative" of the S2895 v. most nForce4 mainboards is
that Tyan choose a _cheap_ AD1981B 2-channel audio, whereas the latter
typically comes with a 6-channel ALC850/860 which _does_ give you 6-
channel with the i8x0 ALSA driver.  So I've gotta waste the 32-bit PCI
slot for a SB Audigy2 (or similar).


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