Quote Originally Posted by alpha754293 View Post
Interesting. I've never built any Xeon based systems, so I can't help ya. Interestingly enough though, we've had Tyan Intel boards die on us at work. So, I dunno. They've never been cost effective enough for me to build one.

You can always just the RMA'd board for a storage server or something.

*shrug*

Like I've said, I don't really like the Xeons. And the current generation ones are wayyy to expensive for me to build.
Charts updated.
The X5482 Xeons I have are the hottest chips on the line (150W). I really don't think that Tyan board I have is meant for it.
It was released before the Harpertowns were out and the hottest chip at the time were the 95W Clovertowns.
Similarly, 667 MHz memory was the fastest at the time the mobo was released. Running 800 MHz is pushing it beyond its design limit.

*The specs state that it supports my configuration, but I honestly don't think it was designed to handle it - as it was probably just "recertified" for the higher line.


Sandy Bridge due for January 9th. I get back from winter break on the 15th or so.

So when I get back, there'll 3 motherboards waiting for me.
SuperMicro X7DWN+
Tyan Tempest S5397
(some Sandy Bridge mobo)

So I'll be building two rigs as soon as I get back.

I have an unused CM HAF 932 sitting as furniture in my room. So that'd be a good place to put the Tyan board if I ever find a free (or very cheap) pair of LGA 771 quads.

I have enough spare parts sitting around* to build the Sandy Bridge rig with just a CPU, mobo, and optical drive. (Though I'll probably get a good case and a cooler with it.)
Though I'll need a new gigabit switch to put everything online at once.

*You won't believe how crowded my room is already...