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Subject: Re: Building a dual CPU machine

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 07:57:36 06/15/02

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On June 15, 2002 at 09:58:23, Slater Wold wrote:

>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.

And a 400watt powersupply (about $80-90), case with sufficient cooling
possibilities, and the other stuff would get you at least $200-250 more.
Richard.



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