Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 07:59:33 09/13/01
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On September 13, 2001 at 10:12:22, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 13, 2001 at 09:20:19, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>On September 13, 2001 at 08:36:22, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On September 13, 2001 at 05:40:58, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >>> >>>>On September 12, 2001 at 19:27:18, ERIQ wrote: >>>> >>>>>I generally run linux so would love to have dual system but am not sure which >>>>>would run crafty faster the single athlon or dual pIII's. but I am sure they are >>>>>both faster than what I have now a 433 cel. :( >>>>> >>>>>(must upgrade fast) >>>>> >>>>>Let me also say that I would like something under $2,000 us. and would not mind >>>>>building it myself. >>>>> >>>>>I would be using it for general stuff, trying to write programs in C,C++, and of >>>>>course chess mostly my database programs and playing programs Yace,CT,Crafty >>>>>etc. >>>>> >>>>>main reason for upgrade is any time you are compiling something and try to do >>>>>something else, it gets sooooo slooooow. >>>>> >>>>> sign, >>>>> Eriq >>>> >>>>I am currently in the progress of building a dual Athlon mp and i am waiting for >>>>the availability of faster processors, but if i were to go ahead and buy all the >>>>parts now i would get a 2x1.2 ghz Athlon mp system with 1gig ddr pc2100 ram >>>>with nice graphic card, sound card, etc. For less than 1500$. I would personally >>>>recommend the dual athlon, since it will be the fastest solution at a >>> >>>Sorry what kind of DDR ram do you plan to put inside that system? >>>Because 1 gig registered DDR ram which is the only kind of ram that >>>can be put inside is already pretty expensive. Mainboard $500 or something, >>>processors 1.4Ghz (are also palomino core if i understand it well, though >>>not sold as MPs but as 'tbirds' or whatever). >>> >>>I see no way how to get even close to 1500$, $3000 is more likely >>> >>I have purchased 4x256 pqi registered DDR PC2100 ram at the price of 200$ >>The motherboard i will buy is Tiger MP (S2460) ATX which is currently priced >>at 350$, the price will drop withing a month or two though. >>The two Athlon mp prcessors running at 1400 mhz will be around 500$ >>And the rest of the components will not be more > > than 400$ >>so the total: 1450$ > >that's nonsense, you need harddisk, cases, fans, coolers, keyboard, >mouse, monitor and a very expensive power supply for the S2460 > 300 watts >for sure as homepage says! > >note i've got S2462 SCSI. hell better i think than non-scsi version, >but who am i :) > >>The prices in Denmark where i live are ridiculesly low, that might have to be >>taken into concideration, i don't know the prices in other countries though. > >registered DDR ram is more than double the price you mentionned here. >and needs very long to get delivered. > I never said i was going to buy a new monitor, i have Monitor, keyboard, speakers etc. The price i mentioned was for the computer system only. and include harddisk, kabinet etc. The price i mentioned might go to 1550$(but no more than that) but more likely it will be 1450$ Antec SX1030B Black SOHO File Server Ext/Int.: 2 x 3½" + 4 x 5¼" /4 x 3½" Size H/W/D: 522x205x473mm Expansion Slots: 7 Power Supply: 300W Motherboard: ATX Cooling: 2 x 3" Low Noise This is the Server i bought and it cost me 135$, note it has a 300W power supply. Regards Jonas
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