Well that was nice and hassle free, ordered parts Friday - arrived Saturday and set to building last night when I got home from work.

Absolutely straightforward - no hassles,I'm writing this thread using it whilst it quitely folds away - it's been running almost 11 hours now -- no problems and CPU running @ 43 degrees with stock AMD cooler.

Will probably let it run for a week or so and then I'll look at upgrading the cooler and winding the clock up a little

The Spec :

• Thermaltake Soprano Case
  
• Akasa PaxPower 400W PSU
  
• Asus A8N-VM PCI-Express nForce 4 Motherboard
  
• AMD Opteron 144 - 1.8Ghz 1Mb Cache
  
• 1 Gb Corsair XMS Pro Series 3200 Memory ( 2 x 512 Matched)
  
• Samsung 52x CD
  
• Hitachi Deskstar 80Gb Hard Drive
  

The Photo's :

And Especially for Devonutopia :P

Just got to wait for it to complete it's first WU now

Is the opteron faster than the AMD 64 ? I've got lost on what is quicker just lately (Don't like INTEL)and have got to update a couple of PCs at home soon so am looking for best speed per buck ........let us know how it goes later

The Opteron has a larger Cache - 1mb instead of 512k - whilst it's not much it all helps - also they respond very well to overclocking(with better cooler) and are litteraly cheap as chips(computer chips that is)

Other than that the clock speeds are the same -- my other PC is an AMD 64 3000 which is also 1.8ghz but with only 512k cache and older core(winchester) the opteron core(san diego?) has a more up todate memory controller.

The Opteron has a larger Cache - 1mb instead of 512k - whilst it's not much it all helps - also they respond very well to overclocking(with better cooler) and are litteraly cheap as chips(computer chips that is)

Other than that the clock speeds are the same -- my other PC is an AMD 64 3000 which is also 1.8ghz but with only 512k cache and older core(winchester) the opteron core(san diego?) has a more up todate memory controller.

I have got a AMD 64 3500 (pretty certain thats the winchester core)........but the kids are starting to look at it now so I just know what is coming ...how are the opteron ones rated (I can understand the amd 3000, 3400 etc) as they go 144 right up to 880 at $2600:eek:

Spacers....

I just a working XP PRO disk to get mine running now. Fluff is on the case. Looks nice though.

Spacers....

I just a working XP PRO disk to get mine running now. Fluff is on the case. Looks nice though.

Sorry Jason.... I just couldn't resist

I was lucky,this build went fine - not always the case - had some problems with the last one I built. I'll let this one run for a couple of weeks before I start tweaking it

Using the graphical client at the mo -- using it as a burn in test with it on quickest drawing to load it fully

Damn, and just spotted a +1 in your sig pic, and a -1 in my sig pic. :thumbdwn:

Damn, and just spotted a +1 in your sig pic, and a -1 in my sig pic. :thumbdwn:

Yeah, that happened yesterday.....

Didnt want to rub your nose in it:rolleyes:

how much did that lot cost?

I have got a AMD 64 3500 (pretty certain thats the winchester core)........but the kids are starting to look at it now so I just know what is coming ...how are the opteron ones rated (I can understand the amd 3000, 3400 etc) as they go 144 right up to 880 at $2600:eek:

The opteron...

ok the first index is a index of how many ways the chip can be used, or in a more straight forward way, a dual cpu motherboard would use a 2##. so upto 8 way would use a 8##, although I think you can use an 8## in a dual mobo setup etc...

I think that might help, if not, 1## for normal 939 boards, 2## for 940 boards with upto two cpu sockets, more, you need an 8way 8##

Will an opteron CPU just plug straight into my socket 939 motherboard?

I suspect I'll be happy with my 3500, but opteron sounds so "jurassic park"

how much did that lot cost?

Altogether including the the 17"TFT monitor just over 600 quid, but it will also be a backup storage for all my MP3's and some photo's and stuff.

And Jason..

Yes a S939 Opteron will drop straight in your motherboard:thumbup: