envision1

I've been running a dual xeon 2.8 workstation I bought approx. 5 years ago. Figured it was time for an upgrade. I recently graduated college and I don't have too much spending money so I am attempting to make a half decent workstation on a budget. So far I've spent $670. I am planning to use my old antec full tower and my BFG TECH 650W psu. (may need to upgrade the psu, but hoping it'll be alright) Other potential problem is I have the opteron 8000 series chip which is not officially supported in my mobo. I'm waiting for everything to arrive and see if it'll all work!

I just need to get two heatsinks for my CPU'S and I"ll be all done burning through my savings!!


Motherboard: TYAN S2915-E

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Processors: AMD OPTERON 8360SE X 2

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Graphics Card: ATI FIREGL V7700

Got it NIB off of craigslist for $250.

Memory: KINGSTON 8GB 2 x 4GB
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Rick Arter

Your on your way to a great workstation it looks like. What drives will you use just wondering? Hopefully you can get the CPU to work with the board and I think that PSU should work fine if the amps per rail are sufficient.

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