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BlueMonkey87
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Im planning to build a new SMP machine for my college mostly based on my major.
My budget is around 1,700 dollars.
1. Im looking for a motherboard with dual opteron sockets with 16x and 4x PCI-e interconnection. I will accept under 400 dollars. I would probably sacrifice 4x PCI-e for 1x PCI-e on ASUS S8N-DL. Do that motherboard will fit on ATX or ETX case? I noticed that users claimed its works in both way.
2. Im looking for four ports SATA controller w/ onboard ram or upgradeable ram that capable to fast cache the read/write first before its excesses memory and uses HHDs? (200-350 dollars?) I have looked throughly and found a 8 ports offering that feature.
3. I will buy a lowest and cheapest grade opterons for now and will upgrade mid-range or highest grade dual core in two years later. I found a good deal on newegg for around 350 dollars on Opteron 252. I plan to sell Opteron 252 on eBay and buy dual core in two years later as they get cheap in the future.
4. GeForce 7800 GTX. Probably EVA or XFX for their good quality. (around 500 dollars I believe)
5. X-fi Sound Card with X-ram? I read the review that X-ram helps sound higher samples quality better but I checked and verified theres no real claims to back this up. If anyone have a URL for the official review. I would like to read it. thanks
5. My shopping list wont include SATA HHDs, RAM, DVD/CD Burners due I have a leftover in my old system
My budget is around 1,700 dollars.
1. Im looking for a motherboard with dual opteron sockets with 16x and 4x PCI-e interconnection. I will accept under 400 dollars. I would probably sacrifice 4x PCI-e for 1x PCI-e on ASUS S8N-DL. Do that motherboard will fit on ATX or ETX case? I noticed that users claimed its works in both way.
2. Im looking for four ports SATA controller w/ onboard ram or upgradeable ram that capable to fast cache the read/write first before its excesses memory and uses HHDs? (200-350 dollars?) I have looked throughly and found a 8 ports offering that feature.
3. I will buy a lowest and cheapest grade opterons for now and will upgrade mid-range or highest grade dual core in two years later. I found a good deal on newegg for around 350 dollars on Opteron 252. I plan to sell Opteron 252 on eBay and buy dual core in two years later as they get cheap in the future.
4. GeForce 7800 GTX. Probably EVA or XFX for their good quality. (around 500 dollars I believe)
5. X-fi Sound Card with X-ram? I read the review that X-ram helps sound higher samples quality better but I checked and verified theres no real claims to back this up. If anyone have a URL for the official review. I would like to read it. thanks
5. My shopping list wont include SATA HHDs, RAM, DVD/CD Burners due I have a leftover in my old system