Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 23:19:13 05/31/01
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On May 31, 2001 at 22:57:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... I went onto Dell website, he is correct is stating u can get a Dual 1.7Ghz BUT its standard L2 cache 256K, a far cry from your 1Meggers > > >> > >>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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