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bigcahunak · September 14th, 2004

Looks like you are building a rocket there (NASA watchout...)
You only forgot to mention which programs you gonna be using with it...
AMD Opterons are faster (acording to reviews) with all programs accept MAX. Stability is on the Xeon side so that makes the decission for me.
If you arent doing video editing I dont see a reason for the expensive SCSI (HDDS and motherboard). Save yourself the loud noise and money.
For better performance the Asus NCCH-DL (with 6 SATA connectors) and Iwill DH800 (both at around $330) will be a better pick if you aren't going to be using SCSI and stay with no more than 4Gb of ram. They are both based on the P4 875 chipset which makes it cheaper. If you still prefer the 7525 chipset - Supermicro has the X6DAL-G for around $330 as well.
Good luck.

September 14th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
bigcahunak Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Israel Age: 36 Posts: 820 Name: Itzik Kelner	Re: Ideal Workstation Configuration Looks like you are building a rocket there (NASA watchout...) You only forgot to mention which programs you gonna be using with it... AMD Opterons are faster (acording to reviews) with all programs accept MAX. Stability is on the Xeon side so that makes the decission for me. If you arent doing video editing I dont see a reason for the expensive SCSI (HDDS and motherboard). Save yourself the loud noise and money. For better performance the Asus NCCH-DL (with 6 SATA connectors) and Iwill DH800 (both at around $330) will be a better pick if you aren't going to be using SCSI and stay with no more than 4Gb of ram. They are both based on the P4 875 chipset which makes it cheaper. If you still prefer the 7525 chipset - Supermicro has the X6DAL-G for around $330 as well. Good luck.