I am happy to report that I am typing this post on my new homebrew workstation. It sure does feel snappy!
Vitals: AMD Opteron 165 (dual core), 4-GB ECC RAM, 500-GB RAID5 storage (hot-swap trays), Fedora Core 4 Linux (workstation install). I went with the AMD Opteron because of the on-chip memory controllers and better I/O architecture.
Here’s a snapshot taken halfway through the assembly process:
!http://community.moertel.com/~thor/pix/20060217/the-new-rig.jpg(assembling the new rig)!
The heat-pipe system that AMD provided to remove heat from the Opteron 165 reminds me of the exhaust systems on top-fuel funny cars:
!http://community.moertel.com/~thor/pix/20060217/heat-removal-for-opteron.jpg(the AMD-provided heat remover has a heat pipe gizmo and thin-combed sink)!
Dig that shiny copper!