[SATLUG] motherboard/cpu questions

[Alex Bartonek]

its for my personal use at home.  Use Linux/Winders to
do some video editing, run VMWare for my webserver. 
Nothing fancy..just want something that kicks
astronaut without spending too much.


--- Ernest de Leon <dryicezero at gmail.com> wrote:

> what are you looking to do with the setup and how
> much are you willing to
> spend?  I build servers all the time that run vms on
> top of them, and I will
> be giving a presentation at tonight's meeting about
> enterprise
> virtualization....with a little more info I can make
> a recommendation.
> 
> Ernest
> 
> On 7/12/07, Alex Bartonek
> <bartonekdragracing at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm in the market to build another PC.  I'm
> interested
> > in something that supports virtualization.  From
> what
> > I read its the sse3(?) instruction set that is
> > required?  I dont care if its AMD or Intel. 
> There's
> > all the hype about duo core, dual core, x2 blah
> blah.
> > I want the most bang for my buck and I'm looking
> at
> > pricewatch.com for a motherboard/cpu combo.
> >
> > My current setup is a AMD XP2800, 1.5gig ram,
> 400gig
> > hd (two drives).
> >
> > Need opinions on the following setups (I dont care
> for
> > name brand mobos either, ECS is fine with me):
> >
> >
>
http://www.pricewatch.com/motherboard_combos/pentium_d_945_cpu_fan.htm
> >
> >
>
http://www.pricewatch.com/motherboard_combos/core_2_duo_e6400_cpu_fan.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.pricewatch.com/motherboard_combos/athlon_64_x2_am2_5600_cpu_fan.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.pricewatch.com/motherboard_combos/athlon_64_x2_6000_am2_cpu_fan.htm
> >
> >
> > Suggestions welcome.
> >
> > -Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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