Nice deal on the Tyan 4985 Quad 1207 motherboard

The bad news is newegg  stopped selling the Tyan 4980 Motherboard I featured in my 16-core workstation build last year.  Fortunately, they are selling a better one now. The TYAN S4985G3NR Thunder has FOUR expansion slots to the 4980′s one. This means you can improve the built-in raid controller, add a good video card and still have some slots leftover.  Its on sale for $299 right now, which means its probably getting replaced by a better, more expensive Tyan Quad board in the near future.  I’m tempted to upgrade my workstation!