Quad socket board communitarian bulk buy

[metalop1g]

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Socket-AM2-9...item3a5a1a5bbf

This would be PERFECT.

[retro77]

Ya some of that didn't translate too good. But for the most of it did. Didn't look like they found a solution for the power supply.

[shoota]

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Socket-AM2-9...item3a5a1a5bbf

This would be PERFECT.

did you buy it cuz it's already gone

[metalop1g]

did you buy it cuz it's already gone

Na I didn't, but the seller can probably provide many more

[skycrane]

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Socket-AM2-9...item3a5a1a5bbf

This would be PERFECT.

thats a great price, but to bad it wont fit!!!

you need a Socket A 1207 hsf for the board

[metalop1g]

thats a great price, but to bad it wont fit!!!

you need a Socket A 1207 hsf for the board

I'm not quite sure, but I think socket F is a gimmick. Many heatsinks can fit it.

• bolt thru s939 heatsinks
• bolt thru s940 heatsinks
• am2 / am2+ heatsinks

A couple of quotes :

socket 939 heatsinks with bolt through work. Meaning heatsinks like the noctua u12, thermalright ultra 120, ultra 120 extreme, tuniq tower, big typhoon etc. Basically any bolt through 939 heatsink will work with socket F.

Every 939 cooler will do the job.
I have Tyan S2927&Opteron 2210 and stock 939 coolers works just fine!

After speaking with AMD tech support, I garnered the following additional information:
1) Any Socket 939, 940, or AM2/AM2+ CPU heatsink/fan (HSF) should be physically compatible with Socket F (1207)
2) If I purchased an (unused) HSF for a previous generation Opteron (e.g. Opteron 180, 146 etc), that should work as well, with the caveat that I need to ensure that the thermal power dissipation for the other Opteron chip was greater than the 75W thermal envelope for the Opteron 2350 quadcore (75W) that I am looking to buy.
3) When asked if various Athlon 64 or Athlon 64 X2 CPU HSFs would work, the tech emphasized that the OEM Opteron HSFs use a copper core with copper heatpipes. He seemed to think that the copper core *and* the heatpipes were important, esp. for 24x7 operation.

With that in mind, I found some brand new, unused Opteron 180 HSFs (socket 939) on eBay and purchased them.

Btw, I just bought this on ebay :


And THIS is my little plan :
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[Petra]

Uhh... that was an awful lot of searching/work to do when you could have just looked up the hole spacing in AMD Socket F whitepapers... Anyway, yeah, the 2-hole mount for socket F is identical to the old socket 754/939/940 2-hole mount (but, obviously, not the same as AM2... AM2 coolers will only work if you have one of the socket 754/939/940 retention mechanisms in place).

*edit* ...and I know because I've been asked probably ten or fifteen times since the launch of Socket F. Anyway, I might be down for one of those setups... maybe. Certainly a screwy form factor with odd power hookups, though. I wonder if it would play nice with Ubuntu...

[shoota]

metal you sure that yellow thing is gonna fit? it looks like the screws are in the wrong place. there should one in the middle on either side right?

[skycrane]

well its not a cleche then, you really do learn new things every day

im glad someone had the right answer, i never thought it would have fit otherwise.

[metalop1g]

metal you sure that yellow thing is gonna fit? it looks like the screws are in the wrong place. there should one in the middle on either side right?

In fact it's for another board but I thought I'd just post it :P

I think you're right though... I need to find another retention thingy now

[Sparky]

I have an old s754/939 metal backplate and a bracket too i think.

[shoota]

I have an old s754/939 metal backplate and a bracket too i think.

and....? you want to reproduce several hundred of them and send them to us?

[Sparky]

No but if I get a board I could verify if it works ok...

I could stick it on the copier and fax a few to you though

[retro77]

Woah....someone else that knows what a fax is! Ok back on topic!

[shoota]

back off topic, who doesn't know what a fax is? back on topic, i want this board on my desk NOW!

[retro77]

oh I could totally use one of these right now. With just one CPU...then like every two weeks buy another CPU and heat sink and RAM.

[shoota]

thats what i'm saying! we need more buyers

[retro77]

What makes this one so special? Why don't we get one that doesn't require a funky power supply?

[metalop1g]

I wish I could get it before all of you so i can test it and see what are our options. We def need a test system!

edt : it does NOT require a funky power supply. a regular one with good connectivity should do

[retro77]

But we are going to need to mod the connector right?

[metalop1g]

But we are going to need to mod the connector right?

From what I've read, you just plug 8 pins and 6 pins in a certain configuration and it works!

thinking about it, it does sound weird but yea the only adapter you'd use would be for the 24 pin on your PSU. You only need to short 2 pins on the 24-pin

[shoota]

yep. what is it, any green to any black to jump the psu? i think that's right

[retro77]

Wow....we better get this right before we blow some boards up...

[shoota]

lol yeah i'm sure there are plenty of people who know how to jump a psu. i've done it before.

just googled: yep i was right, green to black

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/96712-...upply-psu.html

[metalop1g]

If any of you is member of hardforum, get a grip of this guy named File not found... HE can help us.

HE IS THE ONE






omg guys I'm off to bed