Quad Opteron Rev. F3 2218's + Asus L1N64-SLI = ?

Since everyone's been playing around with the quad FX's lately, I've decided to change things up a bit by tossing a pair of revision F3 Opterons onto the "Quadfather" motherboard. Time to see if we'll be able to take AMD's best silicon (Opterons) and pair it with UN-REGISTERED DDR2. I'll try to get everything up and running ASAP but I've got a couple of other things I have to take care of this weekend so please be patient.....

Here's the cpu's which will be running (hopefully) on this board - These are two of the first Rev. F3 Opties in the wild:

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8...nbsmallpr4.jpg

Here's a pic of my new toys :D (BTW, I'd like to thank Petra's Tech Shop for their efforts in getting me the Tuniq Towers on such short notice. Quoc and Alex went beyond the call of duty on this one. Thanks guys :toast: ):

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/562/newtoysdp5.jpg

More to come........;)

Looking forward to this:D
are these the 'special' chips?
Ed.

Better hurry! Dave Graham on 2cpu.com is doing exactly the same thing this weekend...(unless you are Dave Graham???)

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Originally Posted by eddieate

Looking forward to this:D
are these the 'special' chips?
Ed.

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Every cpu is special in its own way :p: While these are special (how often do you see a cpu numbered "0001"), I'm waiting for a few "specialer" cpu's in the near future.

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Originally Posted by tomb18

Better hurry! Dave Graham on 2cpu.com is doing exactly the same thing this weekend...(unless you are Dave Graham???)

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Haha....Dave Graham is a member here ;) Look a few posts down. He can run whatever he likes, I don't consider this a "race" to see who can boot first. I've had these cpu's for a good couple of months and just recently decided to run them....:)

s7e9h3n dude i'm so pleased to see you back with that kind of threads with those special previews of yours :woot:

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Originally Posted by LowRun

s7e9h3n dude i'm so pleased to see you back with that kind of threads with those special previews of yours :woot:

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I appreciate the kind words....:toast: OK...I guess it's time to get rig-building....

Simply :woot: !

When you set this rig up please give us some more info about it (memory, GFX, PSU, etc.)!

PS. s7e9h3n is that true Barcelona ES will be in wild within 2 months time?

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Simply :woot: !

When you set this rig up please give us some more info about it (memory, GFX, PSU, etc.)!

PS. s7e9h3n is that true Barcelona ES will be in wild within 2 months time?

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Memory = 2 x 1gb "Company to be named later" ES DDR2 (wait till you see how these sticks scale ;) ). I know, I need to get 2 more GB though......

GFX = FX5200 128mb PCI :p:. I can try my 7950GTKO later and hopefully an R600 in the coming months....

PSU = PCP&C 1Kw

I've "heard" that Barcelona should be sampling soon, if not already. Looks as if these cpu's are on schedule.....why do you think I picked up this board? :D

geez, i've been waiting for ages to see a post from you s7e9h3n. good to hear from you again. 2007 is starting to look very exciting and interesting for amd and the loyal fans. i'm trying to stay clear from asus, but i guess i'll end up using one later on. i hope dfi will make a good rd600 board to compliment barcelona. wow ES ddr2 with incredible scaling power, can't wait to see how far the sticks go. i'm hoping to build something like this later on this year:

barcelona(quad core, of course)
r600
am2+ mobo
4GB of ddr2(fat bandwidth and low latencies, drool).
creative x-fi(the new chip to optimize for vista)
all these will be housed in a stacker 830 :).

keep the posts coming s7e9h3n :).

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Memory = 2 x 1gb "Company to be named later" ES DDR2 (wait till you see how these sticks scale ;) ). I know, I need to get 2 more GB though......

GFX = FX5200 128mb PCI :p:. I can try my 7950GTKO later and hopefully an R600 in the coming months....

PSU = PCP&C 1Kw

I've "heard" that Barcelona should be sampling soon, if not already. Looks as if these cpu's are on schedule.....why do you think I picked up this board? :D

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That is why I asked ... ;)
Now I know what I wanted :D ...

Oh... I would forget, which OS you gonna use? (XP64/Vista or Linux preferred)

So, what defines the Buffered Memory Modules requeriment? Do your Opterons works finely with Unbuffered Memory Modules in that Motherboard? What about A64 FX-7x in regular Server Motherboards? It would be useful to track down WHERE the requeriment is based on. Maybe it is all decided by the BIOS and a simple mod could disable the Buffered requeriment for Socket F Motherboards.

Woot! Subscribed.

s7e9h3n good indeed to see you messing around again. Hope things go well...


Ply

Nice to see s7e9h3n back with some nice amd news!
Looking forward for "postcards" from Barcelona :D

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So, what defines the Buffered Memory Modules requeriment? Do your Opterons works finely with Unbuffered Memory Modules in that Motherboard? What about A64 FX-7x in regular Server Motherboards? It would be useful to track down WHERE the requeriment is based on. Maybe it is all decided by the BIOS and a simple mod could disable the Buffered requeriment for Socket F Motherboards.

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Typically, the motherboard manufacturer dictates the necessity for Registered or Non-Registered memory. Up until now, all multiple socket Opteron boards required the use of Registered DDR since most of them are used in server applications. Although it was possible to create Opteron boards that could utilize standard, Non-Regged memory, motherboard makers chose the "safer" route.
We're about to find out if my Opties will run in this board. AndreYang was able to run a pair of ES Opterons in his L1N64, so it's a very good possibility. A FX-7x more than likely won't be able to run in current server motherboards because they won't be recognized by any bios....

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Oh... I would forget, which OS you gonna use? (XP64/Vista or Linux preferred)

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I'll more than likely be using 32bit XP for now, but if I happen to get another 2gb+ of memory, I'll install 64bit Vista or XP.....

Thanks for the warm welcome back guys....Just gotta install windows and then we'll be up and running [fingers crossed] Here's a few more pics:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/929/dsc00054lk0.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1356/dsc00069wk2.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4961/dsc00061vh9.jpg

SHEESH!!! Those coolers are huge man...


Ply

oh god this got me all excited.. more more

Lol...I originally was going to try 2 x Big Typhoons since I already own one, but quickly figured out that there would be absolutely no chance in hell a pair would have fit on this board :p:

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oh god this got me all excited.. more more

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Hmmm......just got an idea......How well does XSOS handle multiple cores?;)

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Lol...I originally was going to try 2 x Big Typhoons since I already own one, but quickly figured out that there would be absolutely no chance in hell a pair would have fit on this board :p:


Hmmm......just got an idea......How well does XSOS handle multiple cores?;)

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XSOS v3 will support 64cores with ease :D

Sampsa is back...now you're back and posting up some sweet setups....2007 is definitely looking up. Can't wait to see this pan out.

That is a hateful location of the 24pin connector... :S

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SHEESH!!! Those coolers are huge man...


Ply

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actually tuniq isnt that large .. I have one and it looks puny next to my scythe infinity LOL

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actually tuniq isnt that large .. I have one and it looks puny next to my scythe infinity LOL

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Lol, it must be the size of a SFF system then...:eek:


Ply

wow, pretty :). i hope you secure those cpus onto the sockets. i would hate to see anything happen to them :). wow a tuniq tower is puny next to a scythe infinity. i have the infinity, but i'm thinking of getting the tuniq tower.

wow S7 i don't think i've ever seen 0001 CPU before..........hopefully the silicone theory is true and those chips end up being beastly :D:D:D:D

Keep up the good work
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