AMD drops a 12 (TWELVE) Core Opteron

[Vecter]

Just so everyone is aware - when you move into "server" grade hardware, AMD or Intel, the price goes up exponetially.

There is no rhyme or reason to it. The shit is just plain expensive - and priced at whatever the market will pay (in the server world, thats a lot of money).

I would not build a "server" for a home PC. Its just not cost effective. The price of a single component failure could buy multiple "desktop" PCs.

I agree with this completely. It is a waste of money to build a system using server components to play Wow. What is the point? You can build multiple systems for the same price as a true server system and not bat an eyelash at performance. We aren't handling millions of database transactions here folks, just playing a game!

Stick with desktop components and be happy with your 60+ fps in Dalaran and use the extra saved cash for a mini fridge under your desk

[Trick]

I agree in principle, but I don't see really how that applies to the following:

$300 for 8-core processor, $300 for single processor server motherboard which fits into a standard ATX case.
That's about $125 more for the motherboard than I paid for my last desktop board, and I think a little less than I paid for my 4-core processor, but it's the only way I know of to get 8 hardware cores currently.

The only drawback I see at the moment is that this server board only supports x8 in the PCIe x16 slot. And I'm not brushing that aside as a minor thing.

Again, I agree with the cost issue completely if you're talking dual CPU (or more), or even if the motherboard required an EATX case (big $$$). But I would never suggest that for boxing.

The whole reason I even started this thread was because a standard-sized, single-CPU board existed.