Pls look at these specs...

[Eaton]

Hi,
The company I work for just ordered this machine.
I do not know much about hardware so could some one pls tell me if they have made the right decision by getting this machine.
Thanks

1.AOPEN P4 MINI SERVER CHASSIS (Black)
1.INTEL WESTVILLE 2 XEON SERVER Dual Processor Mother Board
1.AOPEN WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA Keyboard+Mouse (Black)
2.INTEL XEON 3.066GHZ 512K 533FS Processor
1.INTEL CHILLITO SRCU42L RAID SCSI Card 1.LEADTEK FX6800GT 256MB TDH Graphix Card 1.SEAGATE 73.4GB SCSI U320 10KRP
4.TRANSCEND 512MB DDR REC ECC Memory Module
1.COOLERMASTER Hard Drive Cooling Bay
1.AOPEN/MITSUMI 1.44MB BLACK FDD
1.AOPEN CD-R+CDRW + DVD-ROM COMB

4,576.99 USD

[travistlo]

if its for rendering, you got all that proc. power, but you will be bottlenecking at the ram. I would get some more ram.

[travistlo]

nevermind, i didnt notice the 4.

[flipside]

That's a lot of money though!

[Eaton]

Hi Flipside

How much sould a setup like this go for?
Is it way overpriced?

[percydaman]

dang that IS spendy. I would think if you chopped that in half, it might be a little more reasonable. I dont even see a monitor in that list.

EDIT: didn't see that scsi HD, so maybe 3 grand would be reasonable.

[flipside]

Here's my system:


ASUS PC-DL Del, Dual Xeon,SATA Intel 875P,Raid,G-lan,DDR333-------------------193.79 €
XEON Foster Boxed 2.80 GHz 512KB FSB533--------------------------------------300 €
XEON Foster Boxed 2.80 GHz 512KB FSB533--------------------------------------300 €
Corsair 1024MB DDR333 ECC REG Low PCB----------------------------------------284.15 €
HD Caviar SE 120GB UIDE100 7200rpm 8MB Buffer 3 Year Warranty (raid 1)---------91.55 €
HD Caviar SE 120GB UIDE100 7200rpm 8MB Buffer 3 Year Warranty (raid 1)---------91.55 €
Antec Case ATX SOHO Black Server Smart Power 400W USB & IEEE1394-----------97.85 €
Asus Black DVDROM-------------------------------------------------------------26.30 €
Plextor ReWriter 52x24x52 IDE Retail, PX-W5224TA/T3BCBlack---------------------57.10 €
Sapphire ATI 9800 Pro Atl AGP Tv-out, DVI, 128mb DDR Retail---------------------217.75 €
windows xp pro oem-------------------------------------------------------------131.40 €

Assemblage--------------------------------------------------------------------60.00€



1851.44€ Excl.

2240.24€ Incl.


Hope this helps! (I live in Belgium, usually not the cheapest country to buy PC stuff)


flipside

[paulison]

do you guys notice any difference when using dual Xeon systems?

in terms of generating IRmaps, rendering, responsiveness etc ?

im not convinced they are worth the $ yet!

[cocolas]

the biggest advantage w/ Xeons over Athlons is Hypertreading......when I turn it on, it renders 25 to 30% faster......but otherwise they are not worth it price wise...

at home I have an older dual 1.7 GHZ athlons, and it was rendering as fast or close to my dual 2.4 GHZ Xeon at work w/ out hypertreding on.
so the Xeons alone (w/out hypertreading) are just over priced and really not worth it when put against the athlons....but when turning on hypertrading, you can definatly see a difference....epcially when crunching blurry reflections/refractions, and similars...
how ever many people around this board have been having issues w/ hypertrading, especially in animations......(do a search for it)

hope this helps,

paul.