Quad socket board communitarian bulk buy

[Duh]

hi guys, who is willing to participate in a Quad socket board communitarian bulk buy?
The platform would be Opteron.


UPdated OP ( original post) with list of interested ( with no commit to buy, we need to buy 50 units):

werdwerdus x 1
retro77 x 2
v0dka ( needs to know deadline) x1
systemviper x 1
schifter x 2
Petra x 1
Peen x 1 (US)
Sta!nless x 1 (OH... IO)
MrMojoZ x 1 (US?)
skycrane x 1 ( US)
hawk24 x 1 (US?)
AlBahtaar x 1 ( US?)
pawmadsen x 4 ( DENM)
DragoonXX x 1? ( canada)
artemmx x 2 ( canada)
metalop1g x 1 ( canada)
RCG_Bex (UK)
OldChap x 1 (UK)
me x2(ARG) w 8x 25 bucks barcas
Jaws x 1 (US)
Rise x 1 (US)
Red Maw x 1 (US)
Sparkyx1 (US)
shoota x1(US)
Sage88 x1(AUS)
Gonzalo-Gonadsx1(SWE)
anubis x1 ( EE)
s0lid x 1 ( FIN)
vaio x 1 (UK)
Frogeye x 1



Best

Regards

J

[artemm]

Cost of CPUs/mem. and recent purchases would probably make me consider only one, but I'd be down if you could organize a group buy

[Bail_w]

60 dollars max.

[OldChap]

Hard to tell how many cos I would need to know the expected output from say 8356's or whatever is cheap (hope someone can chip in here) but certainly one just to say I gotta 4p ...price ....lets say based on those boards with everyone trying to get things working I'd say around $100 would be a deal...maybe more if you are talking about a more standard type.

We might want to try the same on cpu's and memory...see what we can find if we buy bulk

[Duh]

Cost of CPUs/mem. and recent purchases would probably make me consider only one, but I'd be down if you could organize a group buy

NiICE! very inspiring

Can I take as you are taking 2 ( assuming I can get low costs)?

60 dollars max.

Very tight but will try as hard as possible to make it real. Does it include shipping? If so that would be cheapear than ever the board has been seen so I would be telling you in that case that it won't be ( sadly) be possible

Hard to tell how many cos I would need to know the expected output from say 8356's or whatever is cheap (hope someone can chip in here) but certainly one just to say I gotta 4p ...price ....lets say based on those boards with everyone trying to get things working I'd say around $100 would be a deal...maybe more if you are talking about a more standard type.

We might want to try the same on cpu's and memory...see what we can find if we buy bulk

How about taking a look at jcool's post about it? He has provided lotsa info about output ( PDD, power consumption from the wall, pricing for the parts he got ).

So we already have 10 ( artemmx 2,Bail_w x 1, OldChap x 1, me x2, Jaws x1, Fhqwhgads6680 x 3, a friend of mine x 1).

Some have been either requested via PM (and reflect the max each user would be willing to get if his conditions are met). this does not mean the user is committing to buy, it's just ballpark number)

[Fhqwhgads6680]

Duh, you know I am down! If we can do these for say.... $100 shipped max, ($75 would be amazing if possible!) I would be down for 2-3 depending on final price. if $75... hell maybe even 4... I can populate these as I go..

Also, I would be willing to pay more for the board if it is one that will support istanbul but wouldn't be able to get as many...

And yes, A bulk buy on proc's would be great aswell... With these things going so cheap on ebay right now these are a steal for PPD vs $ and if we could get them even lower.... Lets just say christmas in april would be amazing

[TJ TRICHEESE]

yea, i am not sure how many i would get or if i would get one but $100 is reasonable.

[Duh]

yea, i am not sure how many i would get or if i would get one but $100 is reasonable.

how about 65-70 bucks plus shipping? this might ( guessing please don't quote me) possible if we team up and buy a nice number ( I guess 50 would be a nice number to make the seller lower the price to fit our needs)

Duh, you know I am down! If we can do these for say.... $100 shipped max, ($75 would be amazing if possible!) I would be down for 2-3 depending on final price. if $75... hell maybe even 4... I can populate these as I go..

Also, I would be willing to pay more for the board if it is one that will support istanbul but wouldn't be able to get as many...

And yes, A bulk buy on proc's would be great aswell... With these things going so cheap on ebay right now these are a steal for PPD vs $ and if we could get them even lower.... Lets just say christmas in april would be amazing

Dude, then I count you as you would go for 4 boards ( as we are aiming to fit our budgets and yours is very reasonable )

Interested folks and their amounts:

artemmx x 2
Bail_w x 1
OldChap x 1
me x 2
Jaws x 1
Fhqwhgads6680 x 4
a friend of mine x 1

Will update requirements of budget from each user ( requirements, price, location of buyer), etc

[RCG_Bex]

Curious myself - would make an interesting watercooling project :P

~Bex

[Duh]

Curious myself - would make an interesting watercooling project :P

~Bex

Afaik, there won't be chances of ocing this sh (nv3600 is the way to go according to jcool who knows a bunch). Not to mention I am not tempted to do it just for the fun of it

[RCG_Bex]

True but it'd be impressive to show at LANs

~Bex

[Duh]

True but it'd be impressive to show at LANs

~Bex

how about a gigantic google logo instead?

EDIT: seems like RCG_Bex is interested to buy a board

[MrDiaz]

Which board specifically? Could we also look into getting the CPU's as well? Bulk

[RCG_Bex]

how about a gigantic google logo instead?

EDIT: seems like RCG_Bex is interested to buy a board

What';s that guys? The competition server just went down? No problem - chuck it on my PC and I'll still have enough power to run it along with my copy of the game and take part!

But I agree with others - memory and cpus would need to come into the equation

~Bex

[Bail_w]

Tell the seller, 65 dollars shipped each or no deal.

[Fhqwhgads6680]

I am going to check with some friends of mine, I might be able to get a few more to commit.. I dunno if we can get 50 boards tho....

So tell us DUH.... how many are YOU getting?

[Duh]

What';s that guys? The competition server just went down? No problem - chuck it on my PC and I'll still have enough power to run it along with my copy of the game and take part!

But I agree with others - memory and cpus would need to come into the equation

~Bex

IIRC RAM could be had for 25 bucks a gig ( that's the cheapest and not buying in bulk). About cpu: I think the crappiest 4 core opty was round that same value ( 25 bucks).


So (at least):

100 bucks for cpus ( 4x4)
100 bucks for memo's ( 4 gigs ecc)
VGA:have no idea of how much it would cost.

Which board specifically? Could we also look into getting the CPU's as well? Bulk

http://atrejus.net/arima/arima-gr.jpg

of course we can. helpers would be appreciated as I do not know almost anything about ram and VGA ( price specs in order to deal a bulk buy.

[Fhqwhgads6680]

IIRC RAM could be had for 25 bucks a gig ( that's the cheapest and not buying in bulk). About cpu: I think the crappiest 4 core opty was round that same value ( 25 bucks).


So (at least):

100 bucks for cpus ( 4x4)
100 bucks for memo's ( 4 gigs ecc)
VGA:have no idea of how much it would cost.

board doesn't have onboard video?

[Duh]

Tell the seller, 65 dollars shipped each or no deal.

Tigh but more realistic than 60 bucks

[Duh]

board doesn't have onboard video?

back in the day File not found made a list of necessary things to make it work :

- 4x ecc reg ddr2 sticks inserted in CPU0_DIMM1~4
- 4 x 8346HE, 8356 CPU (that we know so far, my guess is newer won't work)
- Any single-slot backplate video card, or any dual-slot card with the end cut off (the second slot is over the power button, removing the power buttons caps should work too) (see Pic1 below to see clearance)
- sata dvd drive connected to SATA20 OR usb boot "acpi" drive.
- sata hard drive connected anywhere else.
- Power supply with a few 8-pins EPS or pcie connectors, or adapters (you need a total of to fill 8x2 and 7x2 pin)
- Another motherboard to connect ATX to boot (or you can make contact with the power supply's ON pin)
- OS with 16-core support. Ubuntu 9.10 AMD64 for example.

[Duh]

I am going to check with some friends of mine, I might be able to get a few more to commit.. I dunno if we can get 50 boards tho....

So tell us DUH.... how many are YOU getting?

I am tempted to have 4 boards if we can stress the seller to the price we think it's ok. My mom is traveling to NYC with my sis at the end of may so I am already buying an extra luggage for her to carry these monsters

friends are welcome

[Fhqwhgads6680]

back in the day File not found made a list of necessary things to make it work :

- 4x ecc reg ddr2 sticks inserted in CPU0_DIMM1~4
- 4 x 8346HE, 8356 CPU (that we know so far, my guess is newer won't work)
- Any single-slot backplate video card, or any dual-slot card with the end cut off (the second slot is over the power button, removing the power buttons caps should work too) (see Pic1 below to see clearance)
- sata dvd drive connected to SATA20 OR usb boot "acpi" drive.
- sata hard drive connected anywhere else.
- Power supply with a few 8-pins EPS or pcie connectors, or adapters (you need a total of to fill 8x2 and 7x2 pin)
- Another motherboard to connect ATX to boot (or you can make contact with the power supply's ON pin)
- OS with 16-core support. Ubuntu 9.10 AMD64 for example.

Sorry I am not sure I understand what you mean... File not found?

[Fhqwhgads6680]

That board has an odd layout, is it for a proprietary case of some kind? I guess this would be ok open, but I would prefer to put these into case to put into my rack.. not a deal killer... anyknow know what kind of case this would need?

[Duh]

Sorry I am not sure I understand what you mean... File not found?

username:File not found

[Duh]

That board has an odd layout, is it for a proprietary case of some kind? I guess this would be ok open, but I would prefer to put these into case to put into my rack.. not a deal killer... anyknow know what kind of case this would need?

65 bucks not a killer deal?
there the casing
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

supports 16pcs of Hard Drives)
# 16G RAM (2G× 8), could be upgrade to 64G (8G× 8)
# 4× 1Gb Ethernet Network Ports
# 1× PCI-E 16X Slot
# 10× SATAII Ports

That's a bad deal for sure