Tiger MP Dual-Processor Motherboard

CtrlPhreak writes: "Anandtech has posted a review of an affordable AMD 760 based motherboard, the Tyan Tiger MP. It's basically the Tyan Thunder K7 without all the integration. For $220, it's a great deal. It has the exact same performance as the Thunder, and it is tested to run fine with those cheap and fast 1ghz durons. They say Tyan is putting out this board to compete with other offerings of a cheap 760 platform, we can only hope."

Why would I need 2 Athlons?

[SpanishInquisition]

One is quite enough to heat up my appartment during the coldest winter nights. That motherboard is for someone with a big house or something.

Why a simple home user needs a dual-CPU MB

[telekon]

Of course having two CPUs isn't as important as having 384 or 512 gigs of RAM, but it's a valid concern for the average home user...

See, these days, the average home user wants to run Nautilus and Netscape simultaneously in Enlightenment on top of GNOME with antialiased screen fonts and alpha-rendered transparent xterms, while he (or she) watches Antitrust on DVD in a window (if LiViD worked) and works in Photoshop running on VMWare.

This is what the average home user wants these days, and so the average home user is building his (or her) own PC because Dell and Gateway just aren't offering it.

Re:(Athlon-Heatsink) = Toast

[pcgamez]

and if you don't throw your case across the room, you will not have that problem...

I think too many people are taking that test too seriously...so what if it fries it...then put the dang thing on right in the first place!

Re:(Athlon-Heatsink) = Toast

[doppleganger871]

Heatsink Installation 101:

1. Clip heatsink/fan unit onto socket.
2. Look to make sure it's on properly.
3. Power up, check fan, put case back together.
4. Do not drop, kick, throw, or abuse the computer.
5. Molecular reconstrucion of the spring-clip is not recommended. This may cause it to fall off.

(Ah, nevermind, i'm going too far here.)

Dude, i have never had any heatsink fall off my CPU. If I did, then I deserve to buy another CPU. Sheesh at $110 or so, a 1.4GHz Athlon is disposable.

Re:Not oil - coolant!

[dtjohnson]

I have been watching the heatsink on my ASUS A7M266 Athlon 1.33 Ghz like a cat eyeballing tuna but, so far, it just kind of hangs there with the fan spinning.