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Date:      Sun, 08 Jul 2001 13:37:21 -0700
From:      the walrus <ben@stonehenge-net.com>
To:        Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AMD Athlon MP & Tyan Thunder K7 (for server ?)
Message-ID:  <3B48C481.7080104@stonehenge-net.com>
References:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0107071221110.10899-100000@prg.traveller.cz>

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Michal Mertl wrote:

>
>The other (and more serious for me) is the problem with power supplies.
>For this board you should get quality 400W (in my case 2x) and that's
>difficult to get (at least for rackmountable cases).
>
actually, this board requires a special power supply. it uses the spec 
atx connector wired funny, and an additional connector to supply more 
juice for the processors

> Also I don't like the
>heat Athlon processors produce - 
>
they've actually worked on that... the athlon mp is the same chip being 
marketed as the athlon 4 for notebooks.  it's got a full implementation 
of sse (1, not 2) and runs a lot cooler

a good collection of articles  on the subject can be found at 
http://www.amdmb.com/news-display.php?NewsID=1956 .



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