Posts Tagged Dell Precision 490
Dual Quad-Core workstation on a budget – part 2
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Ivan's Tech Talk on December 21st, 2008
Dell Precision 490
In my last post I wrote about trying to obtain a dual quad-core workstation on the cheap, I wrote that buying a new bare-bones dual Xeon setup (case, power supply and empty motherboard) would run $500-$700.
Well the reason I started this article is that I found Dell Precision 490 bare bones systems on E-Bay for as cheap as $150. Read the rest of this entry »
Dual Quad-Core workstation on a budget – part 1.
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Computer Builds on December 5th, 2008
I use a Dell precision 490 at work, and it’s wonderful. Two Quad-Core 2.0GHz Xeon E5335′s, 4GB RAM, Raid 0 Striped HDDs. With 8 cpu’s I can run a lot of virtuals and still use the machine.
But I’ve been spoiled by this machine, and now I want one for home. Unfortunately they are expensive. As configured that work machine was over $3,000. Well worth it, but thats out of my budget.
So my project, and the subject of this article, is to see how cheaply I can duplicate the performance of my dell precision 490 workstation. Read the rest of this entry »
