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Subject: Re: need advice in buying a new computer for WCCC

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:25:18 05/17/04

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On May 17, 2004 at 13:11:01, Derek Paquette wrote:

>On May 17, 2004 at 11:35:10, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>My question is what is the speed of the fastest computer that I can get for
>>movei for WCCC when the price is not more than x$ when 2000$>x$>1000$
>>
>>I am interested both in dual and single processor options.
>>
>>I guess that I can get slower dual processor for movei for the same price but
>>the advantage is that I can do better testing with pondering so if the
>>difference in speed for movei is less than 20% then I am going to go for dual
>>processor.
>>
>>When I look at some links of dell I get the following information:
>>
>>link A: 2.4ghz intel Xeon 1973$
>>
>>http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=555&oc=WS450DPAD&m_11=WXP1&c=us&l=en&s=biz
>>
>>link B:3.2Ghz intel 1157$+120$
>>
>>http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=555&oc=D4600CPAD&m_11=WHXP&m_22=MSONO&c=us&l=en&s=biz
>>
>>
>>I have no idea which is faster and I have no idea how to get this information.
>>I also know that the p4 is not good for chess and maybe AMD is the best option.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I know that there are A LOT of guys that build systems on the net for a cheap
>price, you can get dual amd 2.56ghz cpu's for under 500 dollars (and thats both)
>those run DF8 at about 2800kn/sec  to give you an idea for its speed.

what is the speed of these systems comparing with 2.4ghz opteron (FX-53) and
what is the price of 2.4ghz opteron(single cpu and dual cpu)?

I may be interested in buying it but before asking you for giving me people to
contact I prefer to know the other options.

Uri



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