Quote Originally Posted by SocketMan View Post
I am not sure about the specific model numbers (for G34) but historically
there were 3 different Opterons for each family:2000,8000 and 1000
The 2000 runs on 2P and the 8000 would run on 2P,4P and 8P but would
cost much,much more (then 2000).

The 1000 is another story all together because of the "consumer" socket/pin
count.




Does AMD "allow" companies (like Asus,DFI,MSI,Gbyte etc) to make a 1P (or 2P) G34 consumer board?
All bets are off as we move to 4000 and 6000.

I will allow anyone to build anything that sells more Opteron processors.

However, these processors are focused on the enterprise market, not consumer. You will not see support for consumer features and things like overclocking.

I generally recommend Phenom parts for consumers because you will get a better experience.