Author: Jasmine Baer
Date: 15:15:11 03/02/04
I am interested in building a Dual Xeon workstation as my main PC for home use. I know it is probably overkill, but the prices of these processors has come down so much that I may as well build a Dual Xeon - I estimate it will only cost me about $500 - $700 more than building a single P4 system. I am interested in the Intel Xeon DP 2.4 GHz with the 512 MB Cache. These are currently available online for $236 each. What I would like advice on is a good motherboard to support these processors. I am hoping to spend $300 or less on a Mobo, and I'd like to get some feedback from those of you out there with more experience with these things than I. I've looked at the Tyan Tiger i7505 and the MSI E7505. Also, if anyone has some configurations for Dual Xeon workstations that they have built that I could copy myself for under $1,500, I'd love to see them. Any of you AMD-lovers out there can feel welcome to share configs you have built for Opterons or Atholon MPs. I am biased towards Intel, but if a case can be made, I wouldn't have any problems going with AMD. I'm relatively new to this stuff, having only built my own P4 2.8 GHz over the Christmas season, so I am a little apprehensive about buying the "wrong" equipment. I was able to find so many reviews for the stuff I put into my P4, that I felt really comfortable buying the hardware. It is a lot harder for me to find reviews on some of the motherboards that I am looking at. So, if anyone has a good source, I'd appreciate that, too. Thanks for your patience. -erik BTW, I've tried to go in and change my profile to reflect my real name, but it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions? I always use a pseudonym when I first check out an online user's group, forum, etc. until I get a feel for the kind of place it is. This forum is very, very respectable, so I figure using my real name will be OK. Just in case anyone was wondering.
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