Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:57:55 05/31/01
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On May 31, 2001 at 22:14:11, K. Burcham wrote: >this baby should hit about 2225 kns. >(aint that a waste of transistors---dang bottlenecks) > >cant find a site that has tested this processor (i saw intels tests) >wonder if the xeon is as slow as the pentium 4. > > >i noticed that dell has a system available with dual 1700 xeons. >i put one together online, just the tower, ran about $4800 with >1 gig ram (800mhz), and one ide hard drive. > >so i started looking to see if the individual components are available, >to assemble at home. well you know how that is---they are at the sites, >but if you can actually get them---not sure. There is _really_ something wrong here. I just bought 4 700mhz xeons 2 months ago. They sold for $1,300 each (1mb L2 versions). Are these _really_ "xeon" processors with large L2 cache? The pricing defies any logic I can find on Pricewatch... > >the 1700 mhz xeon processors (dual capable), are listed for $550 each. >the supermicro P4DC6 motherboard is about $800. >4 x 256 ram is about $1000. >so total to stick in your atx case is about $3000. >but intel says minimum 400 watt power supply. another $150, if you dont have. >also if you are not moving the air in, and getting it out, then an atx >turbo case with a couple of blowholes will add another $250. >oh yea, and if you dont have a windows 2000 pro cd laying around, that is >another $200. > >oh well we only go around once. you cant leave it all to your kids---they will >just fight over it anyway.
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