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Hi Gary,
Gee, I must have missed not getting a Christmas
present this year :-)...
I am really happy with my dual CPU setup. In my mind
it allows TS4 to do it's own thing while not being
bothered with the administrative stuff. I've been
running it for about 2 years and the CPU's are 500 MHz
PIII's on an Intel L440GX+ server motherboard. I'm
running ECC ram which was expensive then but cheap
now.
The CPU runs at an indicated 51% to 53% just because
TS4 is using 100% of one of the CPU's. As you are
aware, I collect all stocks and indexes that come down
the BMI line and I really don't think I miss many
ticks.
I have to tell you that I would never purchase
*anything* from Fry's unless I couldn't get it
anywhere else. They gave me so much trouble once that
they called security on me - and I'm very mild
mannered <g>.
I replace my PC's every 5 years (3 years to go) so I
don't have much info on what the best things currently
available are.
I'm running NT4 and have never had a problem and I
assume that W2000 would be the same.
Have a good weekend!!
~Bob
--- Gary Fritz <fritz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Did some research and here's what I'd get for
> myself :)
> > My fellow hardware freaks have given
> www.newegg.com a good reputation
> > and they're pretty cheap. No affiliation, etc..
>
> Hi Tai,
>
> I'm in the market for a dual-CPU system. I'm tired
> of fighting with
> TS for the CPU, so I want to give it its own CPU to
> eat while the
> other one pays attention to me. (Bob Scott, can you
> also comment?
> You recently said you're running dual CPUs so maybe
> you can help.)
>
> I had a line on a dual-Xeon HP system from a
> reseller but the bozos
> have been unable to deliver on the system they
> promised me over a
> month ago, so I'm looking for another solution.
>
> What would you & your HW freak friends recommend for
> this situation?
> I just visited a Fry's in Phoenix (visiting in-laws
> for Christmas)
> and they recommended a Tyan Tiger MP mobo (about
> $200) with a pair of
> 1.6 Athlons (about $200 ea). One supposed expert
> told me that AMD
> CPUs are like Jaguars -- fast and sleek when they
> run, but very
> trouble-prone. The Fry's guy said they'd had no
> problems with
> Athlons, and since Intel had discontinued the P3,
> and since the only
> mobo that supports dual-CPU doesn't have an AGP
> slot, he thought the
> Athlon was a better answer. What's your read on
> that?
>
> He also recommended a $150 case (can't remember the
> brand offhand)
> because the dual-CPU "server-class" boards
> supposedly demand more &
> don't work as well in the standard cases.
>
> So about $600 for mobo & CPUs, maybe $150 for 512MB
> of ECC RAM, $80-
> 100 for a video board, $120 for a 40-60GB HD,
> $50-150 for a CD-RW
> depending on how fancy you want to get, and $150 for
> a case, I'm
> looking at about $1200 for this system. Reasonable?
>
> Gary
>
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