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Posted by Matt on 11/04/07 18:49
"nappy" <n@n.n> wrote in message
news:XHnXi.134$TR5.54@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>I just built 25 of these for around $700 each. They rip. We pulled one out
>from the render farm and made it a workstation
>
> Asusw P5K-VM motherboards.
> Q6600 Intel Quad Core 2.4GHZ
> 2G DDR2-800
> 160G Sata Drive
> InWin MicroATX Case
>
> Add the low profile GeForce of your choice and a 500G Drive.
>
>
> I have a few of the Dual Quad Core Intel Mac Pro Machines (8 Xeons @ 3GHZ)
> in our system and the little Asus units render at a little less than 2/3
> as fast as the Intel Macs. Rather than 1/2 as I expected. So a pair of
> them at $1400 turned out to be a much better buy than the Macs.
>
> Macs are for sale BTW! If ya want one.
>
>
Is there any advantage in using the Western Digital 10,00RPM drives or are
SATA 300 drives in RAID 0 enough?
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