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    News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    Creates a low power entry-level, single-slot server solution.
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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    quite an interesting idea, would make some decent cheapish server options!

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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    One question though. What AMD chipset would best support this CPU (not talking about socket AM3+)? Especially with ECC support. I am looking into some low cost home server and wondering if it's possible to assemble one with ECC RAM.

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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

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    One question though. What AMD chipset would best support this CPU (not talking about socket AM3+)? Especially with ECC support. I am looking into some low cost home server and wondering if it's possible to assemble one with ECC RAM.
    HP Microservers are pretty much the lowest cost home server solutions available. They can only take 8GB RAM (ECC or not ECC) and have a 1.5GHz mobile Athlon II CPU though. 4 HDD bays plus a 5 1/4" bay for storage.
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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    Quote Originally Posted by badass View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by edvinasm View Post
    One question though. What AMD chipset would best support this CPU (not talking about socket AM3+)? Especially with ECC support. I am looking into some low cost home server and wondering if it's possible to assemble one with ECC RAM.
    HP Microservers are pretty much the lowest cost home server solutions available. They can only take 8GB RAM (ECC or not ECC) and have a 1.5GHz mobile Athlon II CPU though. 4 HDD bays plus a 5 1/4" bay for storage.
    Seen those. Problem is can't stand HP and don't trust them at all(just like ACER). I can build one myself for maybe €100 more including Windows Home Server 2011. At least warranty on most parts will be 3 years.

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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    Quote Originally Posted by edvinasm View Post
    One question though. What AMD chipset would best support this CPU (not talking about socket AM3+)? Especially with ECC support. I am looking into some low cost home server and wondering if it's possible to assemble one with ECC RAM.
    Most of the ASUS motherboards with AMD chipsets feature ECC support, it's best to confirm before buying but my crosshair iv, for example, has a dedicated screen in the BIOS for configuring ECC. A bios update may need releasing for Opteron 3000 support, assuming there are plans to support it on regular motherboard, I'm sure someone will ask the question once the chips are available.

    If you want a motherboard with a dedicated server chipset, you're looking for ones based on the AMD SR56x0 chipset, however AM3+ sockets are rare, especially ones available through consumer channels, AMD in their costing refer to an MSI MS-S023 motherboard at $190 - though I can't find any consumer information on it.
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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    My ASUS 785TD-M EVO supports ECC memory, and AFAIK most AMD desktop chips do too - I'm pretty sure my Sempron 140 is running with ECC enabled at the minute (although I'd need to check - anyone know how I check if ECC functionality is working?). I guess official support would be nice though

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    Re: News - AMD launches affordable Opteron 3200 series

    45w TDP. Nice. If I didn't already have the X3 400e I'd be considering speccing a system round one of these as my main PC with passive cooling goodness.

    If I were AMD I'd pitch this at the Workstation market, for example to compete with Dell's Precision boxes which usually run Xeons.

    Not sure if this kind of kit isn't overkill for home users though unless you have specialist needs - I'd have thought Atom 525s would suffice for most.
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