Posted by William Klein on October 24, 2006 at 07:56:44:
In Reply to: Windows2003 Server 64, contd. posted by Tom Fulton on October 24, 2006 at 06:37:12:
Though I wouldn’t recommend this setup for an end user production environment as a test bed I find it more than acceptable. So here is my under $600 AMD 64 x2
All prices from newegg.com links provided.
AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ $159.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103733
PQI 1GB memory $99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820141187
WD Caviar 250GB disk $77
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144701
Biostar GeForce 6200 PCI Express Video card $32
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814141035
Shuttle XPC Socket AM2 AMD Barebone $189
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856101011
Liteon DVD Burner $30.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856101011
Shuttle makes nice small footprint machines that work reliably. Very popular with the gaming crowd and LAN parties. No floppy drive.
Though the memory is rated for DDR2 667 and so is the motherboard, I found I had to change the speed to 400 to get Windows 2003 R2 x64 to install. We also added another GB of memory to break the $600 budget. The MB will only accept 2 Memory Modules.