Advice wanted - HP workstation with XEON processors

AntonVrba · 2006-06-03, 12:27

I have the oppertunity to purcharse at about $2200 an one year old HP XW6200 workstation with following basic spec.

Processores: Intel® DUAL Xeon™ 3.60GHz(2 Processors Installed)
Memory: 4 GB DDR2-400 ECC
Hard Discs: 2 x 73 GB (15000 rpm) Ultra320 SCSI
Vidio: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400

Should I or shouldn't I purchase?

Mystwalker · 2006-06-03, 12:51

What do you need it for?

AntonVrba · 2006-06-03, 13:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystwalker

What do you need it for?

Home computing but lots of Photoshop, some AutoCAD, and Factorising and Prime number searching
No Games

dsouza123 · 2006-06-03, 13:14

As parts

The 4 GB ECC DDR2-400 $1000
The Quadro FX 3400 $750
The two 73 GB SCSI drives $460
The two XEON 3.6 Ghz CPUs $1420
==========================
Total $3630 without the MB and Case

HP wants $2050 for a XW6200 Workstation with
1 GB
1 Quadro NVS 285
1 74 GB
1 XEON 3.2 Ghz

Peter Nelson · 2006-06-04, 11:01

Are they 64 bit capable Xeons?

Anyway my advise is look for a used dual opteron system or dual socket dualcore opteron system. You could probably build one within that budget because prices have fallen substantially.

2006-06-03, 12:27	#1
AntonVrba Jun 2005 2·7² Posts	Advice wanted - HP workstation with XEON processors I have the oppertunity to purcharse at about $2200 an one year old HP XW6200 workstation with following basic spec. Processores: Intel® DUAL Xeon™ 3.60GHz(2 Processors Installed) Memory: 4 GB DDR2-400 ECC Hard Discs: 2 x 73 GB (15000 rpm) Ultra320 SCSI Vidio: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 Should I or shouldn't I purchase? Last fiddled with by AntonVrba on 2006-06-03 at 12:32

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2006-06-03, 12:51	#2
Mystwalker Jul 2004 Potsdam, Germany 1477₈ Posts	What do you need it for?

2006-06-03, 13:14	#4
dsouza123 Sep 2002 2×331 Posts	As parts The 4 GB ECC DDR2-400 $1000 The Quadro FX 3400 $750 The two 73 GB SCSI drives $460 The two XEON 3.6 Ghz CPUs $1420 ========================== Total $3630 without the MB and Case HP wants $2050 for a XW6200 Workstation with 1 GB 1 Quadro NVS 285 1 74 GB 1 XEON 3.2 Ghz

2006-06-04, 11:01	#5
Peter Nelson Oct 2004 23² Posts	Are they 64 bit capable Xeons? Anyway my advise is look for a used dual opteron system or dual socket dualcore opteron system. You could probably build one within that budget because prices have fallen substantially.