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Re: Seeking advice as to what to purchase

Subject: Re: Seeking advice as to what to purchase
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:48:26 +0100
Newsgroups: uk.comp.homebuilt

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:23:30 -0700 (PDT), Romanise <joshidm@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Can someone guide me on following.
>
>I have 2 CPUs Intel 2GHz Xeon QC E5335.
>
>Need  advise  as to what motherboard, power supply, cards I need to
>buy to make a Server PC.

Is it going to be a real server doing real work, or a home box? This
makes a pretty large difference.

If it's to be a home box, then I'll pass on the lesson I learnt when I
built a dual Xeon box three or four years ago:

Don't bother. Flog the CPUs on eBay and spend the cash on a normal
single CPU C2D or Quadcore system instead. It'll be much cheaper, will
suck less power, run cooler, and be a better domestic box entirely.

        Cheers - Jaimie
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