2 fast Athlon MP's and an MPX chipset board can be had for $650 or less if you hunt around some. All the Atlon MP systems require DDR iirc though.
Unless a P4 Xeon is in the budget, I'd build an MP based system for a server. If it's a personal system, it doesn't get any better than the NForce 2 right now imo. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 10:38:04 PM, you wrote: MPS> I've have a several-year-old Micron 667mhz Millennia MAX GS that I am MPS> currently using as my local development server at home. Though it still MPS> <pun>serves</pun> me faithfully, it struggles under the load of cfmx and MPS> msde. I am also considering an install of php and mysql. I would like MPS> to invest a bit into a good motherboard and processor replacement and MPS> start with a clean install. MPS> I currently have 768MB of ram, 2 256meg and 1 128 meg sticks of pc-133, MPS> which I would like to carry over to the new set-up to keep the upgrade MPS> cost low. I am also open to investing in half gig of newer ram, and MPS> scrapping the old stuff. Maybe another half gig down the line. MPS> I am also open to both intel and amd solutions. My current play/code pc MPS> is home built, oc'ed amd 2200+ w/ 1 512meg 3500 ram, so I am comfortable MPS> with installing the components. I think I will only need to touch the MPS> motherboard, cpu and power supply. MPS> I've looked at dual processor boards, but they seem a bit pricey. I MPS> think I can get more bang for the buck for a single, older athalon or MPS> intel chip. However, it would be fun to set up a dual processor system MPS> for the first time. MPS> I will probably have to upgrade the power supply as well, as the current MPS> one is only a 250W. So that adds $50 or so to the upgrade, perhaps more MPS> if I go with a dual processor setup. MPS> What would you recommend for a good mother board and cpu combo in the MPS> $200-350 range? It only needs a pci slot for a lan card(even better an MPS> integrated lan port), and support for Ultra ATA 133. Integrated video MPS> would be ever better, I can get the whole system down to one component MPS> for motherboard, network, and video. MPS> Any suggestions are welcome. Links to your preferred setup on a MPS> vendor's website are even better. ;) MPS> t/ MPS> Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
