Need Your Thoughts. :)

[carmicael]

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2x Intel Xeon "Nocona" 3.2Ghz 800Mhz FSB 2MB Cache (NetBurst + Hyperthreading)
Asus NCCH DL - Dual Socket
2GB DDR RAM
GeForce FX5900 128MB
80GB HDD SATA
CM Centurion V
DVD Combo Drive

some one made me an offer. is this good for 15K?


I'm finding a cheap alternative to having better horsepower.
currently, I have:

Intel Pentium 4 - Prescott (90 nm) - 2.8 GHz @ 3.4GHz (244.96 * 14)
Intel Original HSF (yeah... mao ra jud)
Intel D864PERL motherboard
Inno3D GeForce MX4000 @ 300/480
1x256MB DDR 245 MHz (1:1) @ 2.5-4-4-8
Seagate Barracuda 40GB 7200 RPM
G3 Casing
Samsung 15" Syncmaster CRT

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.6Ghz
Asus P5S-MX SE
Integrated Video, Audio, LAN
2x512MB DDR2
Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200RPM SATA
PowerLogic Casing
15" AOC 5En CRT



what worries me is that the 15K might be performing less than my Dual Core system. need advises here.
(for 3D apps more, not for games)

[simoko]

ah...NOCONA... the first of the Xeon processors supporting AMD's AMD64 instruction set architecture(SSE3), their extension to the venerable x86 ISA...PGA603 socket right?...Heat dissipation = 125W...and the little hole in the top heatspreader. Designed so that the magical pixie overlords that run the CPU core can escape when things get too hot....take your money(15K) and buy something better...

[irv003]

[vladmire]

xeon are designed for servers and longer stability. 15K is good buy already...

[spookey]

ah...NOCONA... the first of the Xeon processors supporting AMD's AMD64 instruction set architecture(SSE3), their extension to the venerable x86 ISA...PGA603 socket right?...Heat dissipation = 125W...and the little hole in the top heatspreader. Designed so that the magical pixie overlords that run the CPU core can escape when things get too hot....take your money(15K) and buy something better...

hehehe... well said, i hope they placed a hole on the HSF as well so that the magical pixie can really get out not just the though of getting out when things go frying. hahaha...

[carmicael]

i see. so basically, nindot ni siya ug raw performance kaysa sa ako e2140? bahala na ang kuryente.

[butitoy]

gud enough for a server @ 15k

[carmicael]

gud enough for a server @ 15k

so, kung horsepower lang basehan (minus the heat dissipation and energy consumption) mas ayos ni kaysa sa e2140 nako na station?

[simoko]

so, kung horsepower lang basehan (minus the heat dissipation and energy consumption) mas ayos ni kaysa sa e2140 nako na station?

kung ang processor lang imong basehan...yes...this is a Prescott core na proc...but kung naa na ang mobo/ram/videocard...i think u are better off choosing the E2140 system...mas daghan kag options mo panindot/pakusog...with this Asus NCCH-DL are u ready to deal with pci & pci-x? good luck hunting for option cards

[ajol]

if this is ddr1 then its a bottleneck