Which dual cpu MB, PIII or AMD?

[ROKKSTAR]

It's been awhile since I was last here, so please pardon if this is a re-tread.

I would like to upgrade 3 of my servers and 1 workstation to dual cpu MB's.
The workstation is used for Photoshop, Priemere, and web design.
the other servers will be:
- web server (20 sites, low - medium traffic)
- e-mail server
- streaming media server (Real Server Plus, 60 concurrent).

looking for the following features:
- on board Ultra160 scsi (raid would be nice)
- on board video
- on board lan (dual?)
- 1 - 2 gigs ram
* - will fit U1 or U2 case (this is an option) *

OS is Windows 2000 server.

All suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
Rokk


Current systems:
Sony PII 233@290 / 128 megs / 4.5 gig UW scsi (ns) *
Micron PII 233@290 / 128 megs / 4.5 UW scsi (ns1 & IRC chat server) *
PII 166@2?? / 128 megs / 4.5 gig UW scsi (web server) *
PII 233@29? / 256 megs / 6.5 gig ATA33 (web / database server) *
Celeron 466 @ 525 / BX6 rev.1 / 768 megs / 2 - 4.5 gig UW scsi / 2 - 10/100 nics (forums & streaming server)
Celeron C300a@4?? / BH6 rev.1 / 768 megs / 20 gig ATA66 (Web / database server)
PIII 700@88? / Asus P3v4 / 1 gig ram / 10 gig ATA66 (workstation / mailserver)

* Built from NYC. trash.

 

[jjennings]

ASUS CUV4X-DLS is an awesome solution for you. I have 3 servers running these boards, and never a single problem. The boards support every spec you mentioned. They sell on PriceWatch for good prices. I picked up 3 of them with dual 1ghz processors for like $1800 shipped.

 

[Nosferatu]

I have the ASUS CUV4X-D. Supposed to be the same board as the guy above me minus lan and scsi. This thing is stable as a rock. Aside from reboots for the antivirus software, I would never really have to reboot. The only things that caused instability was using all 4 DIMM slots and using the latest Nvidia drivers.

 

[Rpower]

Also look at the Tyan Thunder LE-T.

 

[Boonesmi]

as was said above.. tyan thunder with a couple athlonMP's would be sooo much faster then the pent3

the k7 thunder has onboard sound/video/dual LAN/scsi u160, and can fit in a 1u server case

this article on anandtechs main page is getting kinda old, but it will give you a good idea of the comparison of dual cpu boards
link

by the way anandtech servers use tyan thunder dual cpu boards 🙂

 

[swifty3]

I have P3 dual on a MSI 694D pro 2 ir. Seems to be very stable, and is a nice board. It has 4 LED's which light up if there is a problem booting up, and shows you what function it is stuck on. Really very helpful if something goes wrong. It also has raid and a built in fire wire. All 4 dimms r filled, and run fine. No overclocking though. Quite, and less heat than an AMD dual system (although the ddr ram is nice). Runs at about 35 C at max load. On your workstation I would get a fast single processor instead of dual. When i run Photoshop, for some reason my system only uses %50 of the processing power. Other programs use %100 though. Just a suggestion.

 

[ROKKSTAR]

Thanks for the info.
The Intel & AMD options both look good.
I may just try both.

Thanks
James