AMD opetron vs Athlon64 vs ????

what's the difference between the athlon64 and the opetron?

is it worth upgrading from a 1.7 ghz with a 400mhz bus

i was thinking of getting the "Tyan Thunder K8W" (pci-x is a must) is
this good?

how out of date is that mobo?

and lastly can i use it leaving one of the dual sockets empty?


thank you for you help,

dan

p.s.

i wasn't exactly sure which board to post this to, can somebody point
me to a better one? if they feel i'm in the wrong place

Hi,

Here's some links for you:

Opteron-basic introduction (opteron for servers/workstations that need
dual processors)
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1815

Athlon64 (desktop solution-single processor, generally)
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1937

Tyan Thunder KW8 (good board-uses opteron CPU-you can use the board
with a single processor or two CPUs)
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w.html
http://www.tweakzone.nl/extreviews/1170
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ookie%5Ftest=1

Hope that helps

Ratched

(Dan Irwin) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> what's the difference between the athlon64 and the opetron?
>
> is it worth upgrading from a 1.7 ghz with a 400mhz bus
>
> i was thinking of getting the "Tyan Thunder K8W" (pci-x is a must) is
> this good?
>
> how out of date is that mobo?
>
> and lastly can i use it leaving one of the dual sockets empty?
>
>
> thank you for you help,
>
> dan
>
> p.s.
>
> i wasn't exactly sure which board to post this to, can somebody point
> me to a better one? if they feel i'm in the wrong place

(ratched) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> Hi,
>
> Here's some links for you:
>
> Opteron-basic introduction (opteron for servers/workstations that need
> dual processors)
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1815
>
> Athlon64 (desktop solution-single processor, generally)
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1937
>
> Tyan Thunder KW8 (good board-uses opteron CPU-you can use the board
> with a single processor or two CPUs)
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w.html
> http://www.tweakzone.nl/extreviews/1170
> http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ookie%5Ftest=1
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Ratched
>
> (Dan Irwin) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> > what's the difference between the athlon64 and the opetron?
> >
> > is it worth upgrading from a 1.7 ghz with a 400mhz bus
> >
> > i was thinking of getting the "Tyan Thunder K8W" (pci-x is a must) is
> > this good?
> >
> > how out of date is that mobo?
> >
> > and lastly can i use it leaving one of the dual sockets empty?
> >
> >
> > thank you for you help,
> >
> > dan
> >
> > p.s.
> >
> > i wasn't exactly sure which board to post this to, can somebody point
> > me to a better one? if they feel i'm in the wrong place

thanks, but one thing, do you know of any artical comparing the
athlon64 and the opteron

(Dan Irwin) wrote in message news:<. com>...

> thanks, but one thing, do you know of any artical comparing the
> athlon64 and the opteron

Not specifically but you could try doing a search on www.amdmb.com.
Loads of information there.