MSI K8T Help-please-any hd guru :(

[neo4000]

Hello!

I would really appreciate some help. I have read some articles saying
yes and others no.

I have the MSI K8T Motherboard dual processor. I currently have 2
opterons in place @ 1.8 GHz

Can I use the Opteron Dual Cores? Even if a single chip! Or can I use
the AMD64 4200 X2 (dual core)? Even if a single chip? Will I get the
performance out of it? Or is it not compatible and a waste of
time/money?

I have 2 motherboards of this type. One has 2 opterons. I want to
take the other board which has nothing at the moment and put the
fastest CPU I can possibly get. I prefer AMD. I'd even consider
overclocking w/liquid. I really want the other motherboard(dual) to
run at least 6GHz or close to it. I figure dual core would be the way
to go. If not, any thought to get the fastest machine as close to
6GHz?

My opterons run great on Fedora. I want another PC much faster. What
can I do?

Reason is too long to explain in this forum. I will answer anyone who
asks.

I really would appreciate any advice based on actual experience and
things ppl have tried and want to learn from errors of others.

Any thoughts are extremely most appreciated.

(e-mail address removed)
Steve

 

[George Macdonald]

Hello!

I would really appreciate some help. I have read some articles saying
yes and others no.

I have the MSI K8T Motherboard dual processor. I currently have 2
opterons in place @ 1.8 GHz

Which version of the board?

Can I use the Opteron Dual Cores? Even if a single chip! Or can I use
the AMD64 4200 X2 (dual core)? Even if a single chip? Will I get the
performance out of it? Or is it not compatible and a waste of
time/money?

You mean an Athlon64 X2 4200+? No, that's a s939 chip and your board takes
s940. AFAICT. whether it'll take dual core Opterons, depends on whether
it's a FAR or FAR7 version of the K8T Master.

Given that the board has all the memory off one CPU socket, appears to have
been ophaned/abandoned by MSI and reported problems here aggravated by a
lack of BIOS updates I'd be inclined to dump the thing completely; a new
s939 desktop board with a dual-core CPU would give you an inexpensive
similar solution.

I have 2 motherboards of this type. One has 2 opterons. I want to
take the other board which has nothing at the moment and put the
fastest CPU I can possibly get. I prefer AMD. I'd even consider
overclocking w/liquid. I really want the other motherboard(dual) to
run at least 6GHz or close to it. I figure dual core would be the way
to go. If not, any thought to get the fastest machine as close to
6GHz?

My opterons run great on Fedora. I want another PC much faster. What
can I do?

If you want faster and can really make use of two dual-core CPUs, IMO you'd
need to look at a proper dual socket mbrd with separate memory for each
socket... IOW a Tyan or SuperMicro board, or maybe Asus.

 

[nobody]

Hello!

I would really appreciate some help. I have read some articles saying
yes and others no.

I have the MSI K8T Motherboard dual processor. I currently have 2
opterons in place @ 1.8 GHz

Can I use the Opteron Dual Cores?

In a word - No.

Even if a single chip! Or can I use
the AMD64 4200 X2 (dual core)?

The board is 2x Socket 940. A64 is 939.

Even if a single chip? Will I get the
performance out of it? Or is it not compatible and a waste of
time/money?

I have 2 motherboards of this type. One has 2 opterons. I want to
take the other board which has nothing at the moment and put the
fastest CPU I can possibly get.

Opty250 with BIOS update. Otherwise 248 is the limit. And even those
must be 130nm (series CEP). 90nm (series FAA) may or more likely may
not work.

I prefer AMD.

You have no alternative. Neither Intel nor VIA ever made S940
compatible chips.

I'd even consider
overclocking w/liquid.

You may face chipset and/or AGP stability issues. There's no such
option in the BIOS to lock AGP. The best I could get was just over
(or under? - don't remember, restored stock speed) 10% OC. Fot that
one, you can use the soft OC utility provided by MSI

I really want the other motherboard(dual) to
run at least 6GHz or close to it.

A snowball in hell chance.

I figure dual core would be the way
to go. If not, any thought to get the fastest machine as close to
6GHz?

Ever tried to deal with liquid nytrogen?

My opterons run great on Fedora. I want another PC much faster. What
can I do?

Take it with you next time you board an airplane ;-)

Reason is too long to explain in this forum. I will answer anyone who
asks.

I really would appreciate any advice based on actual experience

This is being typed on k8t master2-far box.

and
things ppl have tried and want to learn from errors of others.

Google is your friend. Also try http://www.msi.com.tw

Any thoughts are extremely most appreciated.

(e-mail address removed)
Steve

Good luck,
NNN