Folding Machine

[Megadeth2]

This is a 14 year old and not the DBA who is building the Pentium M server. Anyways, I want to build a 24/7/365 folding machine. I want it to be cheap and it can be AMD or Intel. The computer itself should come under $550 max ($500 preferrably). Thanks.

 

[killians45]

um... huh? what's a folding machine? Dont understand the question, could you elaborate a little more?

 

[Josh18657]

If your speaking of F@H I'm glad to see you active with this. I have my stats for F@H in my sig. Do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers or do you also need that in the $550.?

Josh

 

[Megadeth2]

I am speaking of F@H. I do not want to put my main Pentium 4 520 @ 3.6 GHz machine in such a strain until I get my Gigabyte 3d Rocket Cooler-Pro. I am very active in this and I would like to have two folding machines going. I have a monitor, keyboard, mous and speakers. The $550 is just for the computer. I would prefer Abit as I see you are from them. I have always loved Abit and no problems from them ever!

 

[Josh18657]

If this rig is going to be mostly just for folding a motherboard with onboard video should be fine along with a celeron CPU and 256MB of memory. We might be able to build you almost 2 computers with the cash

OS: $93.25
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=37-102-151&DEPA=6

Motherboard: $52.99
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-173&depa=1

CPU: $75.49
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-112-176&depa=1

Memory: $42.99
http://www.crucial.com/store/MPartspecs.Asp?mtbpoid=62BE15F8A5CA7304&WSMD=SG-71&WSPN=CT3264Z335

Hard Drive: $53.69
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-140-118&depa=1

CD-ROM: $19.50
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-101-209&depa=1

Case: $65.99
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-121&depa=1

Total of $403.90

I figured beige drive and case, black shouldn't cost much more if that is what you would prefer. I also didn't figure in a floppy drive but if you want one they should be like $12.00. I would recomend if you can find it to get an SG-72 motherboard instead, all this stuff will work with it also.

 

[PizzatheHut06]

The following set up is also in your price range, and will perform far better than the one listed above.

CPU- AMD Athlon XP 2700+...$105
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80175-R

Motherboard- Biostar M7NCD Pro...$55
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-138-227&depa=1

RAM- 512 MB PC 3200 Kingston DDR...$86.75
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-413&depa=1

Hard Drive- Western Digital 80 GB IDE 7200 RPM ...$59.50
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-122&depa=1

Video Card- eVGA GeForce MX 4000...$36.50
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-198&depa=1

Optical Drive- Sony 52x32x52x16 DVD/CD-RW Combo...$39.99
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-818&depa=1

Case- Antec w/ 350W psu...$65
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-122&depa=1

Operating System- Windows XP Home OEM...$92.25
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=37-102-151&DEPA=6

Floppy Drive- Sony...$7
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-109&depa=0


For a total price of $546.99. That would be a very nice little computer, at a good price as well. A nice feature of the motherboard is that the RAM can run in dual channel.

 

[Josh18657]

and here I was trying to be cheapest and I also included S&H

one thing i forgot to mention in my above post is that if you happen to get a hyperthreading P4 it is best for folding to have this disabled.

Josh

 

[Josh18657]

Keep in mind that for a rig used just for folding, over 256mb of memory is useless, and also a combo drive is not needed. But if you like the specs in the second configuration you could save a few more dollars by changing those 2 things. Or you could get a faster CPU for my suggestion

Josh

 

[Megadeth2]

First of all, I'm not very keen about the AMD Athlon XP. I really don't want to use that. If I wanted to use an AMD, I would use an Athlon 64 or a Thunderbird (old).

However, I have an old Celeron on Socket 370 running at 800 MHz. I'm thinking that I should just strip that machine for parts and get a Tualatin motherboard. Then simply, I can get a Pentium III on Tualatin core. Plus, my Celeron has 512 MB RAM. Any suggestions or what?

 

[Megadeth2]

First of all, I'm not very keen about the AMD Athlon XP. I really don't want to use that. If I wanted to use an AMD, I would use an Athlon 64 or a Thunderbird (old).

However, I have an old Celeron on Socket 370 running at 800 MHz. I'm thinking that I should just strip that machine for parts and get a Tualatin motherboard. Then simply, I can get a Pentium III on Tualatin core. Plus, my Celeron has 512 MB RAM. Any suggestions or what?