What apps are you going to be running on the systems? A stable motherboard is very important I would say, not just one with a support chipset. Some of the PCchips boards based on the via chipset run fine until you start using large amounts of DMA. Jason Malay K Basu <mbasu@mail.nih.gov> To: bioclusters@bioinformatics.org Sent by: cc: (bcc: Jason Calvert/PH/Novartis) bioclusters-admin@bioinfo Subject: Re: [Bioclusters] recommendations on cheap hardware? rmatics.org 10/08/2004 10:16 AM Please respond to bioclusters Nicolas Jungers wrote: > On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 23:58, Fernan Aguero wrote: > > >>We're evaluating building AMD socket A >>or Pentium socket 478 machines. > > > I'd have a look at socket 754 (Athlon64) too. You can have a decent box > for less than $400. > AMD is stopping manufaturing Athlon XP. In last month ther prices of Athlon XP 2500 has jumped from $70 retail to $90 for Burton core. Now is the right time to buy Athlon XP. Malay _______________________________________________ Bioclusters maillist - Bioclusters@bioinformatics.org https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters