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Small Form Factor Dual Opteron

Posted by michael on from the toasty dept.

Psionicist writes "IWILL has announced a new barebone, the IWILL ZMAXdp. Based on the nVIDIA nForce3 Pro 250Gb chipset, the computer offers dual Opteron support in a SFF format. "Volume production is planned in September, with a suggested price of $499. IWILL plans to get attention in workstation market. ZMAXdp will include proprietary form factor motherboard, 300W power supply, up to 2x3.5" HDD bay, and 1xAGP; PCI and SI can offer various configurations for workstation market demand." according to IWILL's homepage. I will take one, please."

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  1. I don't get it. by mphase · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess I can understand wanting to create something like this and even a few geeks wanting one but I really don't see the need for workstations. Maybe it's the cure for tiny cubicles though.

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    1. Re:I don't get it. by irokitt · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not only a cure for tiny cubicles, it doubles as a foot warmer!

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  2. I have a Idea! by matlantis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nice now I can fit more of these motherboards in my jacket and then run like crazy out of Fry's

  3. Re:Heat management? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Regardless, my boxers are wet
    no problem! just pretend it's a laptop*, and you'll be dry in no time!

    *(management not responsible if putting two fscking opteron proccessors on your lap burns your wang clean off.)

  4. One word: by Parandor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Longhorn.

  5. Re:open-source freindly != Nvidia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, dual Opteron in a PVR... what are you going to encode, 10 HDTV MPEG4 streams at once?

  6. Re:Barbecue? by ruiner5000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, in those common cases where your heatsink falls off your motherboard. Man, happens to me 6 or 7 times a day.

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  7. Re:SMP Gaming, quit it already! by platypus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, don't forget the fsking IDLE process of the OS, which always takes up 99% of my CPU. It would be a huge boast if this could be offloaded to a seperate processor.