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Bought a Dell Dual P111 x866 awhile ago. They just have great
service/warranty. After a couple of months the Matrox G450 board went abit
wobbly; they just replace it - end of story.
Prioir to getting this 'second' machine from Dell, I priced a made up
version using two Celerons. At the last minute I found out that some chips
don't support dual motherboards and these chips had had the capability
turned off. Tried to find the article from a reputable computer magazine to
forward but its gone. Be careful re this criteria.
Disclosure: I own 21% Dell and receive 30% commissions.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Tai Nguyen" <csuslistproc@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <Omega-List@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Bob Scott" <rlscott_4888@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, 29 December, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: HELP... Running out of time.
> > Did some research and here's what I'd get for myself :)
> > My fellow hardware freaks have given www.newegg.com a good reputation
> > and they're pretty cheap. No affiliation, etc..
>
> Hi Tai,
>
> I'm in the market for a dual-CPU system. I'm tired of fighting with
> TS for the CPU, so I want to give it its own CPU to eat while the
> other one pays attention to me. (Bob Scott, can you also comment?
> You recently said you're running dual CPUs so maybe you can help.)
>
> I had a line on a dual-Xeon HP system from a reseller but the bozos
> have been unable to deliver on the system they promised me over a
> month ago, so I'm looking for another solution.
>
> What would you & your HW freak friends recommend for this situation?
> I just visited a Fry's in Phoenix (visiting in-laws for Christmas)
> and they recommended a Tyan Tiger MP mobo (about $200) with a pair of
> 1.6 Athlons (about $200 ea). One supposed expert told me that AMD
> CPUs are like Jaguars -- fast and sleek when they run, but very
> trouble-prone. The Fry's guy said they'd had no problems with
> Athlons, and since Intel had discontinued the P3, and since the only
> mobo that supports dual-CPU doesn't have an AGP slot, he thought the
> Athlon was a better answer. What's your read on that?
>
> He also recommended a $150 case (can't remember the brand offhand)
> because the dual-CPU "server-class" boards supposedly demand more &
> don't work as well in the standard cases.
>
> So about $600 for mobo & CPUs, maybe $150 for 512MB of ECC RAM, $80-
> 100 for a video board, $120 for a 40-60GB HD, $50-150 for a CD-RW
> depending on how fancy you want to get, and $150 for a case, I'm
> looking at about $1200 for this system. Reasonable?
>
> Gary
>
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