> Adding a second CPU to a machine you're building yourself costs a
> (relatively) very small amount of money, but nearly doubles the capacity
> of the machine, and greatly extends it's useful lifetime. I think that
> the benefits far outweigh the cost - adding a second CPU may add 20% (or
> less) to the cost of the machine, but get you an 80% increase in capacity.
I agree 100% on this. I have a bi-Celeron 500 at one of my clients and it is a very fast machine when compared to my
singleAthlon 800. Everything just seems so much more snappy.
SCSI 160 and software RAID with two mirrored drives and only 256 Mb RAM.
I would now go for 3 drives in RAID 5 and 1 Gb RAM. Building a machine like this yourself is a lot cheaper than buying.
Iusually charge a days labor for building the box and software installation and take a 40% margin on the hardware and
amstill cheaper than any equivalent quality machine.
When you build yourself you do have a tendancy to use the best components money can buy. Unlike certain "name brands"
thatI won't name here but which I have oppened to look inside.
If I had to buy a machine I would buy IBM.
Cheers
Tony
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