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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. Heatsink by unuselessj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First post? I would imagine this as being a mild succcess only because I think it would have a spacing issue with two rather large heatsinks instead of just one. Air flow always seems to be a problem with ssfs. Just a thought.

  2. Heat by XBL · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I bet this thing will be loud with fans trying to cool 2 CPUs. Most SFF owners also want quiet. It seems to go hand in hand.

    Also, why did they mamke it look like a Gamecube?

    Nice idea, nice price, but probably will not be a good product. We will just have to wait for dual core CPUs for real good implementations like this.