Sorry for the late reply guys, lost my post twice, and got fed up trying to write it again

Quote Originally Posted by yankeex86x View Post
LIXMARK...
you got a BA step Opteron....

2347 BA stepping:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AM...L4BGEWOF).html

"Notes on AMD OS2347WAL4BGE
OS2347WAL4BGE is an OEM/tray processor
OS2347WAL4BGEWOF is a boxed processor
Stepping BA"

2350 B3 stepping
http://www.compusa.com/applications/...C-PRICEGRABBER

"Architecture: 65 nm
Wattage: 75W
Stepping: B3 "

(these links are not intended for commercial purposes...)

Let me know how it works!! (and overclocks!!!)

I know it's a rev BA. My upgrade path is like this: Either I buy another 2347 rev BA (Hoping for a cheap one off Ebay or something), and upgrade to Shanghai when they comes.
Or I go straight for a 2354 B3, with another 2354 B3 later. Or I'll wait for Shanghai alltogether.

I'll probably end up with alternative 1. (Can't wait for months going octo when I already got the board )

Just to be sure: You got the WS board with blue pci-e slots? Wonder why the difference, an did they change anything else when rebranding them? I think I'll have to send an email to the legendary Asus support.


Quote Originally Posted by aGeoM View Post
LIKMARK's BIOS is soldered.
Yes you are right. My untrained eyes wanted it to be socketed...


BTW, I have decided on ram, going for the safe one, the "officially verified bladi-bla" Kingston Dualranked 667MHz ECC/REG