Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 09:36:16 09/13/01
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On September 13, 2001 at 12:20:49, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 13, 2001 at 10:59:33, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>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. > >It's hard for me to believe this power supply is going to deliver you >what you need for the motherboard. Please read the tyan homepage. > >A 550 watts ATX is more in the direction of what you need. > >400+ watts for sure. See the specifications they published there. >A cool power supply is for example what i put inside my P3 dual: > >enermax eg651P-VE > >also works for P4. > > > >> >>Regards >>Jonas This is a snip from tyans homepage on the tiger mp specs: Form Factor ATX footprint (12" x 10.3", 304.8 x 261.62mm) 20-pin power connector (300+W, +5V must be 30A+) Regards Jonas
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