Re: FN-FORUM: Multi-Processor Opinion

date posted 10th November 2006 14:58

Andy Macnaughton-Jones Wrote

Hi,
About to order a new workstation to run WinXP Pro (32/64) and then
vista.

Spec isn't a problem but which is going to be best - a single Xeon 5160
3.00 4MB/1333 DC or two processor setup of Xeon 5130 2.00 4MB/1333 DC

Price is within a few quid

To be mainly used for .NET development

Cheers
Andy
I've just build two new boxes using the dual-core 3 Mhz intel, but made an
error as they have the old prescott core.

Not sure if you will need that much power for the sorrt of work your doing,
I use these for PHP and MySQL web development.

Running DW, Apache, PHP, Fireworks, DB-Designer4, DZPHP editor, plus one or
two more they run quite well.

Repeate don't buy prescott core cpu's....


DG)