Dual PIII computer

Mike Rehmus · August 27th, 2002, 12:50 PM

I haven't priced out a dual PIII system in quite a while because of the price of the motherboard which is usually north of $400, etc., etc.

I received a catalog from TigerDirect in which, on page 9, they say they are willing to sell a dual PIII 1 Ghz with RAID and 512 Mbytes for $999.99. That is probably as good a price as can be found IIRC.

Just a heads up. I have not affiliation with them.

Kai Leibrandt · August 28th, 2002, 03:44 PM

While i realize that not everyone will be able to or be wanting to so, for the same price you can assemble a dual AthlonMP 1800+ yourself. I don't think anyone would doubt that that setup would be faster by a considerable margin, especially with floating point stuff.
I have just finished evaluating options for assembling a 16 cpu renderfarm and the above is what we will probably go for - 8 boxes with 2 Athlons, 512Mb, 30Gb each (data is kept on a seperate server so the disk is just for OS). Those boxes individually come to about 1200 Euro, which should equate to roughly a grand over in the New World.

Kai.

PS: I'm not trying to start one of those Intel -><- AMD flamewars, just wanted to show it can pay off to shop around or BYO.

Nathan Gifford · August 28th, 2002, 05:44 PM

You also need both an OS and NLE package that supports multiple processors too.

August 27th, 2002, 12:50 PM	#1
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	Dual PIII computer - New and inexpensive? I haven't priced out a dual PIII system in quite a while because of the price of the motherboard which is usually north of $400, etc., etc. I received a catalog from TigerDirect in which, on page 9, they say they are willing to sell a dual PIII 1 Ghz with RAID and 512 Mbytes for $999.99. That is probably as good a price as can be found IIRC. Just a heads up. I have not affiliation with them. __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!

August 28th, 2002, 05:44 PM	#3
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August 28th, 2002, 03:44 PM	#2
Kai Leibrandt Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 70	While i realize that not everyone will be able to or be wanting to so, for the same price you can assemble a dual AthlonMP 1800+ yourself. I don't think anyone would doubt that that setup would be faster by a considerable margin, especially with floating point stuff. I have just finished evaluating options for assembling a 16 cpu renderfarm and the above is what we will probably go for - 8 boxes with 2 Athlons, 512Mb, 30Gb each (data is kept on a seperate server so the disk is just for OS). Those boxes individually come to about 1200 Euro, which should equate to roughly a grand over in the New World. Kai. PS: I'm not trying to start one of those Intel -><- AMD flamewars, just wanted to show it can pay off to shop around or BYO.