[tech] New userbox/fileserver

[James Andrewartha]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, James Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 19:28 +0800, James Cox wrote:
> > > > Kingston RAM, 2gig DIMMs $1,226.29 ea (DDR2 PC4200)
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> > > Now that's not so awesome. It costs more (is it even registered RAM?) will
> > > be slower and isn't even supported for our model of Opteron.
> >
> > a 2 gig DIMM, yes it is registered and ECC. It is PC4200, the fastest
> > RAM currently on the market. It also has a lifetime warranty. Tell me
> > what you think it should cost?
> 
> I'm sure the price is reasonable, it's just that the 242 will run it at a
> slower speed and we won't get the slight boost from dual-channel. Thus,
> two sticks of 1 GB each are a better deal overall.

Also, DDR2 is not supported by the Opteron, it takes normal DDR. DDR2 is
only used by Intel 9[12]5 chipsets at the moment (and video cards).

Also, I have access to some wholesalers at work, I'll hunt up some prices
tomorrow.

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