need help picking mobo / processor... dual 64bit processors wanted

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Hey guys,

I am building a rig for someone else that wants to drop about $3,000.

They want a 64bit dual *processor* system, not dual core, however the processors may be dual core!

I have been out of the processor loop since i bought my P4 3.0 like 4 years ago.

So I was wondering if someone could make some processor/mobo combination recommendations for me. Intel and AMD suggestions are welcome.

Thanks!
George
 
hedpe said:
So I was wondering if someone could make some processor/mobo combination recommendations for me. Intel and AMD suggestions are welcome.
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INTEL or AMD, depends upon what your computer is mainly for. Gaming= AMD: APPS run a bit better on INTEL(not all).
 
i don't think any gaming will be done at all on it, I think it will be stricly a windows machine running a lot of multimedia apps... video editing / sound editing, dvd recording, tv tuner card

could you suggest a specific processor / mobo possibly?
 
stil conroe, is very good for all of that. If you don't want to go with conroe go with like an AM2 X2 5000 +
 
Get the AMD FX-62 socket AM2 dual core 64bit w/ M2N32-SLI Deluxe mobo by asus. Conroe is too new, we all know new technology have plenty of bugs.
THis CPU beats anything there is at present.
 
As far as I know, everything that has been suggested so far cannot be run in a dual processor configuration.

Isn't dual processor usually relegated to the like of Xeon and Opteron (s940) only? Will Conroe have dual processor boards?
 
meatycheesyboy said:
As far as I know, everything that has been suggested so far cannot be run in a dual processor configuration.
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Any suggestions on the dual processor config?
 
hedpe said:
Any suggestions on the dual processor config?
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get a tyan server board, and get an amd opteron 2xx.
that's what you want right?
- dual core
- dual processor
- 64bit
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• (2) AMD Opteron™ 200-series processors support
• (8) DDR 400/333/266 DIMMs; up to 16GB reg. memory (ECC support)
• (2) x16 PCI-E (FULL SPEED x16 lanes); (3) PCI-X slots; (1) PCI slot
• (4) SATA-II ports (3.0Gb/s), (2) GbE LAN ports, FireWire, audio, SCSI opt.
• SSI EEB footprint (12"x13"; 304.8mmx330.2mm)[/size][/font]
 
rysher said:
Get the AMD FX-62 socket AM2 dual core 64bit w/ M2N32-SLI Deluxe mobo by asus. Conroe is too new, we all know new technology have plenty of bugs.
THis CPU beats anything there is at present.
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i might personally be interested in this processor, its not on newegg, whats another good retail place for AMD processors?
 
I'd rather have a dual woodcrest box, you should be able to piece together a dual Xeon 5140 box for under 3 grand, give it a week for the parts to trickle out though, kinda tough to find right now. I wouldn't build a dual 940 system at this point in time as its about to go EOL.
 
I built the rig in my sig about 2 weeks ago, all told came out a little under $3k and I've been very happy with it. It's just what you want: dual 64 bit cpu's.

Don't get the K8WE unless you need onboard scsi or PCI-X. The Supermicro H8DCE is about $100 cheaper.

Post in the multiprocessing forum for this one, you'll get a lot of good info.
 
the choices are woodcrest and opteron 2xx series.

Id go woodcrest for performance. But again, give it a little time to get out to retail and some quality boards released.

o265s would be fairly expensive, not sure on woodcrest pricing. Memory is roughly comparable between DDR1 and DDR2 sticks of the same size AFAIK.

Now board costs are going to depend on how serverlike you want to go. PCI-E or PCI-X for high speed connections is a big (expensive) deal.

And I agree with the guy above, post in the multi forum to get better answers.
 
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