Is ARM ever going to offer an Athlon64 Stealth model?

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:17 am

My order will be forthcoming as soon as they do. Has anyone heard anything definitive from them?

Post by **MikeC** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:45 am

I know they're working on it. I think they're investigating motherboards for highest reliability.

Stevo@ARM · Post by **Stevo@ARM** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:07 pm

ChrisM wrote:My order will be forthcoming as soon as they do. Has anyone heard anything definitive from them?

YES! your wish is our command

... and thanks for asking ChrisM

MikeC wrote:I know they're working on it. I think they're investigating motherboards for highest reliability.

As usual, you are correct MikeC,

Afterall, only the very best is worthy of the SPCR faithful

So, I just updated this thread under the SPCR Forum 'Deals, Vendors & Classifieds' to further point out that ARM AMD Athlon64 & Athlon64-FX StealthPC's are now available for those that are interested:

ARM Systems: StealthPCs @ Much Lower Prices + FREE Shipping!

Stevo

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:19 am

Stevo@ARM wrote:
ChrisM wrote:My order will be forthcoming as soon as they do. Has anyone heard anything definitive from them?
YES! your wish is our command ... and thanks for asking ChrisM

MikeC wrote:I know they're working on it. I think they're investigating motherboards for highest reliability.
As usual, you are correct MikeC, Afterall, only the very best is worthy of the SPCR faithful

So, I just updated this thread under the SPCR Forum 'Deals, Vendors & Classifieds' to further point out that ARM AMD Athlon64 & Athlon64-FX StealthPC's are now available for those that are interested:

ARM Systems: StealthPCs @ Much Lower Prices + FREE Shipping!

Stevo

Awesome! Thanks Steve!

*runs off to the ARM website*

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:28 am

If you purchase an ARM PC with no OS and no Video Card, do they still run the box through a "burn-in" phase or any other testing?

Stevo@ARM · Post by **Stevo@ARM** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:02 am

ChrisM wrote:If you purchase an ARM PC with no OS and no Video Card, do they still run the box through a "burn-in" phase or any other testing?

Glad you asked ChrisM,

Yes indeed, every single machine we produce gets a burn-in and a QA/QC process. And, all of our StealthPC's receive a special extended burn-in which includes thermal and acoustic validation with individual attention by our top engineers.

This proceedure applies to all StealthPC's ordered from our Online EZ-Configurator, with or without operating system, and to systems that have certain key components which can be deleted from the configuration by the customer.

Out of curiosity, is there a specific video card that you wanted that you could not find on our EZ-Configurator? Or do you already have one that you plan on installing in a new system?

Stevo

ChrisM · Post by **ChrisM** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:27 pm

Stevo@ARM wrote:Out of curiosity, is there a specific video card that you wanted that you could not find on our EZ-Configurator? Or do you already have one that you plan on installing in a new system?

Thanks again, Steve.

To answer your question, I plan on eventually purchasing a GeForce 6800, but to to their (A) lack of availability and (B) my somewhat limited budget, I was intending to purchase a system without a video card, installing my (now ancient) GeForce 2 GTS in the box until my budget allows for the 6800 upgrade a few months down the road.

The decision really has more to do with my budget than with what options you provide.