[geeks] WTB: 16GB RAM dual or quad x86 system

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 02:32:11PM -0400, Nathan Raymond wrote:
> I always thought thought the Thunder K8QS Pro would make a decent server 
> motherboard:
> 
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8qspro.html
> 
> 32GB max RAM, and with the ability to take four socket 940 CPUs, that 
> means with the new dual-core coming out, you'll be able to have four 
> dual-core CPUs on one motherboard, which isn't too shabby.

The only downside is that in order to see all 32GB you *must* buy 4
CPUs.  Each CPU, with its integrated memory controller, only controls
8GB .  And, you need to buy the more expensive 8xx series CPUs.

The only downside I see with dual-core is that you are splitting the
memory bandwidth in half; but since the bandwidth is decent already, I
don't expect it to be too much of a problem in most cases.

--Patrick