Well folks, I finally made the plunge. I've just built a fancy new 45-nm Yorkfield Extreme Edition machine, and put it into operation yesterday evening. It's impressive, even though it's still running at stock speed.
OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer, which in this context means the $1020 version does not come with a heatsink and fan.
There's no way to tell how much Mr. Tevault saved (unless he tells us or unless NewEgg lists another open-box special), but I believe him when he said it was substantial.
ooops, misread it. Guessing based on other open box items probably 5-20% savings. I don't think I've seen any for something that expensive though before.
ooops, misread it. Guessing based on other open box items probably 5-20% savings. I don't think I've seen any for something that expensive though before.
Actually, it was about $820.00. No heatsink or fan, but I already had a nice Zalman on hand that I couldn't use for its original intended purpose. So, I just used it.
Well folks, I finally made the plunge. I've just built a fancy new 45-nm Yorkfield Extreme Edition machine, and put it into operation yesterday evening. It's impressive, even though it's still running at stock speed.
I'll try overclocking it later, after giving it a good burn-in time.
Very nice rig, looks like its able to reach a RAC of 5000+ without overclocking.
You are using a default 32bit no PAE kernel with 4GB RAM i think, i would install a bigmem kernel + the kernel modules you need with apt, that will give you ~3.96GB RAM. To bad you will not get that option when installing from an Ubuntu CD, but the debian DVD will give you bigmem kernel option if you start the install with the expert option (just type expert at the boot prompt).
Right now, I'm just running it with a live 32-bit Xubuntu CD. I'm still trying trying to decide which distro I want to load on it. But, it will definitely be either a 32-bit with PAE kernel, or a straight 64-bit distro of some sort.
I also still need to flash the BIOS, as it gives me a boot message that I need to to do so in order to take full advantage of the processor's capabilities. (So, I guess I'll need to dig my raincoat out of the closet.)
RE: Well folks, I finally
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$1020 vs $1060 *rolls eyes*
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=yorkfield&x=0&y=0
RE: $1020 vs $1060 *rolls
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OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer, which in this context means the $1020 version does not come with a heatsink and fan.
There's no way to tell how much Mr. Tevault saved (unless he tells us or unless NewEgg lists another open-box special), but I believe him when he said it was substantial.
Nice find, Mr. T!
ooops, misread it. Guessing
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ooops, misread it. Guessing based on other open box items probably 5-20% savings. I don't think I've seen any for something that expensive though before.
RE: ooops, misread it.
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Actually, it was about $820.00. No heatsink or fan, but I already had a nice Zalman on hand that I couldn't use for its original intended purpose. So, I just used it.
RE: RE: Well folks, I
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Right now, I'm just running it with a live 32-bit Xubuntu CD. I'm still trying trying to decide which distro I want to load on it. But, it will definitely be either a 32-bit with PAE kernel, or a straight 64-bit distro of some sort.
I also still need to flash the BIOS, as it gives me a boot message that I need to to do so in order to take full advantage of the processor's capabilities. (So, I guess I'll need to dig my raincoat out of the closet.)