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Subject: Re: 2225 kns 2 x 1700 mhz xeon, order pc or assemble yourself

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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