In case there are people still in the dark about these little gems, let me fill you in:
- AMD has released 90nm Opterons for s939
- They have 1mb L2 cache, so they are essentially cream of the crop San Diego cores.
- They will work in all regular desktop s939 motherboards
- They do NOT requre ECC or registered memory. Regular DDR works just fine. Dual channel operation too.
- They are available in single cores. Models 144, 146, 148, 150, and 152.
- They are also available in dual cores! Models 165, 170, and 175.
I, for one, am especially interested in the dual core opterons as that will most likely be my next upgrade (dual core). The only major problem surrounding the Opteron situation right now is the availability of the chips. They have only recently begun shipping and they are being bought out and pre-ordered faster than resellers can get them! So if someone is looking for a new upgrade path, willing to tinker with some new hardware, or if you are just planning out a build for a new enthusiast/overclocking rig, then you should check these Opterons out and give us some results!