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Subject: Re: Building a dual CPU machine

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 06:58:23 06/15/02

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On June 15, 2002 at 09:00:08, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On June 15, 2002 at 01:04:05, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>How did you come up with $500?!
>
>All prices from www.pricewatch.com
>
>Athlon XP 1800: $87 x 2 = $174
>Athlon XP Motherboard w/ dual cpu support: $80
>PC2100 DDR 512MB: $74 x 2 = $148
>60 GB EIDE Hard drive: $67
>
>Now we're up to $469, and when you add in a case, power supply, cd-rom, floppy
>disk drive, and any other basics, it's going to be around $500 (probably a
>little more).
>
>So I'm wondering if there's anything I'm missing, because I've seen people
>getting figures like yours and I don't know why.
>
>Russell

Um, you're quoting XP CPUs.  You need MP CPUs.  Ask Vince or Jonas what happens
when you use XPs.

And what Athlon MP mobo is is $80?!

And that's not REGISTERED memory.  ALL Athlon MP mobo's MUST have registered
memory.



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