I finally built my two workstations.
One is a high-end workstation, the other is an ultra-high-end workstation.
Ultra High-End:
Amd Athlon X2 4800+
Asus A8n32-sli-deluxe
Nvidia Quadro 4500 512 mb
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig 10,000 rpm
4 GB Corsair XMS Ram ECC 3-4-4-8
Cooler Master Full Tower Case
Antec TruePower 2.0 550 power supply (sli ready)
Plextor 716
Samsung 204t silver 20inch monitor
Logitech wireless desktop mx-5000
High-End:
Amd Athlon X2 4800+
Asus A8n32-sli-deluxe
Nvidia GeForce 6800gt 512 mb by EVGA
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig 10,000 rpm
4 GB Corsair XMS Ram ECC 3-4-4-8
Antec 1080amg full tower
Samsung combo drive
Viewsonic 19 inch vx900
microsoft multimedia keyboard
logitech 4 button mouse
both systems will be run on windows xp pro
total cost: $7400 (already had antec case, viewsonic monitor, samsung cd-rom, microsoft keyboard, and logitech mouse)
so what do you guys think, i ended up leaving the opteron 180 because of the lack of support from its manufacturer and the asus motherboard.
One is a high-end workstation, the other is an ultra-high-end workstation.
Ultra High-End:
Amd Athlon X2 4800+
Asus A8n32-sli-deluxe
Nvidia Quadro 4500 512 mb
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig 10,000 rpm
4 GB Corsair XMS Ram ECC 3-4-4-8
Cooler Master Full Tower Case
Antec TruePower 2.0 550 power supply (sli ready)
Plextor 716
Samsung 204t silver 20inch monitor
Logitech wireless desktop mx-5000
High-End:
Amd Athlon X2 4800+
Asus A8n32-sli-deluxe
Nvidia GeForce 6800gt 512 mb by EVGA
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig 10,000 rpm
4 GB Corsair XMS Ram ECC 3-4-4-8
Antec 1080amg full tower
Samsung combo drive
Viewsonic 19 inch vx900
microsoft multimedia keyboard
logitech 4 button mouse
both systems will be run on windows xp pro
total cost: $7400 (already had antec case, viewsonic monitor, samsung cd-rom, microsoft keyboard, and logitech mouse)
so what do you guys think, i ended up leaving the opteron 180 because of the lack of support from its manufacturer and the asus motherboard.