Well, the trusty xeon system might be acting up (it may be software related but I suspect my recently out-of warranty PC-DL), so if I need to put together a new workstation in a pinch, I need to know what to get. If that's the case, I'd like to do it as cheaply as possible while still being quality/reliable. Main reason being, in reality I'm waiting for the woodcrest/ socket F showdown to make a serious upgrade. so this would pretty much be a stopgap for 8 months to a year.
I'd get a 165, but I'd need an AGP motherboard (NF3?) so I can keep my quadro 3000. would probably overclock a little if possible, but I'm much more concerned with quality and reliability than overclockability.
PSU is an antec 550EPS12v (first gen, not the dual rail TP2). Ram is 2x512 crucial ECC unbuffered. (a board that supports ECC would be a plus)
also needs: at least 3PCI slots and 2 SATA ports (prefereably native, rather than off a SIL or promise controller)
I'd get a 165, but I'd need an AGP motherboard (NF3?) so I can keep my quadro 3000. would probably overclock a little if possible, but I'm much more concerned with quality and reliability than overclockability.
PSU is an antec 550EPS12v (first gen, not the dual rail TP2). Ram is 2x512 crucial ECC unbuffered. (a board that supports ECC would be a plus)
also needs: at least 3PCI slots and 2 SATA ports (prefereably native, rather than off a SIL or promise controller)
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