Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro

[Verdant]

I am headed to amd tech tour and have ordered one of the server bundles that come include a Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro

now, i have no idea what kind of case or psu i would need, the target location does not have a rack or anything.


Any help would be appreciated

 

[Verdant]

ok, this page
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8sdpro_spec.html
says it is a eATX board

how much psu should i have?
2x 242 and one or two SATA drives and a cd or dvd burner.

 

[Verdant]

ok, i can't find very many cases that mention eatx... will a full tower atx board most likely fit an eatx board or am i smoking crack

 

[MDE]

Don't rorget the registered ECC RAM and heatsinks for each CPU as well.

 

[Verdant]

Originally posted by: MDE
Don't rorget the registered ECC RAM and heatsinks for each CPU as well.

it supports non-ECC as well... doesn't it?

? 128-bit dual channel memory bus
? Eight 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets
- each CPU controls four
? Supports up to 16GB of Registered DDR
? Supports ECC/Non-ECC type memory modules
? Supports PC3200 / 2700 / 2100 / 1600 DDR
? Supports Single/Dual/Quad-Rank memory

will the cpus support it?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Verdant

Originally posted by: MDE
Don't rorget the registered ECC RAM and heatsinks for each CPU as well.

it supports non-ECC as well... doesn't it?

? 128-bit dual channel memory bus
? Eight 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets
- each CPU controls four
? Supports up to 16GB of Registered DDR
? Supports ECC/Non-ECC type memory modules
? Supports PC3200 / 2700 / 2100 / 1600 DDR
? Supports Single/Dual/Quad-Rank memory

will the cpus support it?

Sorry, registered RAM. Registered ECC is about the same price as Registered anyways.

 

[Verdant]

Originally posted by: MDE

Sorry, registered RAM. Registered ECC is about the same price as Registered anyways.

k... i found a pretty good price on a OCZ ECC Regsitered 2x512 bundle...

and actually i think the 242s with the bundle will likely be retail... though they don't indicate on their site

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Verdant

Originally posted by: MDE

Sorry, registered RAM. Registered ECC is about the same price as Registered anyways.

k... i found a pretty good price on a OCZ ECC Regsitered 2x512 bundle...

and actually i think the 242s with the bundle will likely be retail... though they don't indicate on their site

I would reccomnd you get 2 of those sets so you can run in dual channel.

 

[gowking]

I was under the impression that the server bundle included two Opteron 246 CPUs of the tray variety, i.e. bare CPUs w/o heatsink and one year warranty. Does anybody have a good suggestion for a heatsink for use in a large tower case? I was thinking about using a couple of SP90's.