New Dual Tyan Opteron board!

[Alan]

The new dual Tyan Thunder looks like a DAW killer.Finally a new Dual AMD(Opteron) chipset and board.Supports 2 Opterons,Eight DDR dimm sockets(yikes!),6 PCI-X slots,and one older legacy Pci slot and one Agp,built in 4 SATA ports,and 2 firewire ports and 5 USB.I guess the Opterons are starting at 333FSB because that's the limit.Anyway,here's a spec link www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w_spec.html (http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8w_spec.html) Oh,there's also an Asus single chip NForce 3 board shipping as well,but I don't have much info yet.

[wogg]

Lowest price on pricewatch - $506.70 (yes that's just the motherboard)

Ouch!

I think a little waiting is in order...

[Alan]

Originally posted by wogg:
Lowest price on pricewatch - $506.70 (yes that's just the motherboard)

Ouch!

I think a little waiting is in order...Agreed.But the good news is there is an up to date AMD dual chipset finally.

[Alan]

Well,they've dropped down the $306.00 on Pricewatch and counting,and the Opterons have just dropped below XP's.Also NForce is finishing up a new dual as well.While I'd still wait a little longer,anyone considering investing in a dual AMD should definitely consider investing in a 400FSB dual,rather than spending nearly the same amount on old news.Since we'll be running audio apps in 32 bit on a 32 bit OS,a 400FSB dual seems the only real jump in power from single solution XP/Bartons at the moment,and for some time to come.