Best Price Performance Dual CPU / Mobo combo?!!

[cz]

Any suggestions?!

 

[mcveigh]

how about the dual 1.2 athlon MP from the latest buyers guide?

link

 

[cz]

The price ($1000+) is little too steap for now on this dual Athlon MP + Tyan Mobo.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

cz,

How would you like this? A7M266-D. Based on the 760MP. Due out this month. It should be a lot cheaper than the serverized Tyan offering.

 

[mitaiwan82]

tom's hardware has a new article comparing some dual PIII motherboards based on the VIA chipset...and it seems the winner is Gigabyte's GA-6VXDC7...check it out

 

[TheHinesCat]

Don't forget the ECS D6VAA. It's mentioned in the Tom's Hardware review, but for some reason the price is given at "around $150." You can find it on pricewatch starting at $76 for the non-raid version, and $95 and up for the raid version.

You can find a review of it here.

 

[Remedy]

I had the ECS and its a good board but didn't appriciate it enough until i got rid of it for my MSI

 

[cz]

ECS Board is a very good option -- one ECS raid + 2 PIII 1GHz costs about $500 now. If Asus board comes out at $250 - $300 range, then I might use it with two Athlon 1GHz (non-MP version) for about the same price. According to Tom's article those non-MP Athlons are fully capable of running in dual mode.

 

[Peter]

cz, they are, but they're noticeably slower. Athlon MP has a new "MOESI" cache management strategy that is dramatically faster in dual processing than was the old "MESI".

regards, Peter