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DIY 16 core workstation part 2: Processors

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

As you read in part 1, we are building an AMD 16 core workstation, so we need to find four Opteron quad core processors. Our Tyan S4980 motherboard only supports AMD “Barcelona” Opterons.  Barcelona’s have two main product lines: the … Continue reading →

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DIY 16 core workstation part 1: The motherboard

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

I love virtual machines. Unfortunately running lots of them on one server can get very expensive. A 16-core Dell PowerEdge R905 for example, will set you back about 12 grand (without OS).  So I set out to try and build … Continue reading →

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