Hello 64 World - My proposed 3Ware system

[Ken Gunderson]

On Thu, 05 May 2005 23:19:12 +0200
Peter Korsten <peterk at maltanet.net> wrote:

> Toll, Eric wrote:
> 
> >  8006-2LP KIT     ESCALADE 8006-2LP                1       141.47      141.47
> >  WD2500SD         WD CAVIAR 250GB RAID ED.SATA-3   2       149.98      299.96
> >  GA-7A8DW         SERVER BOARDAMD 81118131+81      1       340.86      340.86
> >  TITAN 550        ANTEC TITAN SERIES 550 CASE      1       209.87      209.87
> >  OSA242AUBOX      OPTERON DP SERVER 242 PIB-R      2       217.77      435.54
> >  KRX3200AK2/1G    1GB KIT(2X512)DDR400 REG HY      1       415.80      415.80
> > 
> > Not bad for around $2,000.00 USD Eh?
> 
> My Athlon64 2.2 GHz system with 1 GB RAM, a simple CD-ROM, Asus A8N-SLI 
> motherboard, Asus Extreme 6800 GT PCIe video card, 200 GB Seagate 
> Barracuda S-ATA, some Antec case and a wireless Logitech desktop set me 
> back 1275 euro. And that was 455 euro for the video card.
> 
> Admittedly, I tried to keep that a budget system (I kid ye not). But how 
> about waiting a bit and getting a dual core AMD chip?

Loverly, but have you priced those puppies??  I suspect we're gonna
have to wait for more than a bit for them to get down to w/in reason
for all but the high end guys...

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Ken Gunderson
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