At 10:46 AM 11/27/2001 -0800, Chris Barker wrote:
Hung Jung Lu wrote:
Is there any recommendation for fast machines at the price range of a few thousand dollars? (I cannot afford supercomputers or connection machines.) My purpose is to run Monte Carlo simulation. This means that a lot of scenarios can be run in parallel fashion. Of course I can just use regular cheap Pentium boxes... but they are kind of bulky, and I don't need any of the video, audio, USB features (I
I've been looking into setting up a system to do similar work, and it looks to me like the best bang for the buck right now are dual Athlon systems. If space is an important consideration, you can get dual Athlon 1U rack mount systems for less than $2000. I'm pretty sure the only dual Athlon board currently available (Tyan K7 thunder) has on board video, ethernet and SCSI, which means it cost a little more than it could, but these systems are still a pretty good deal if you get one without a hard drive (or a very cheap one). I just did quick web search, and epox is supposed to be coming out with a dual board as well, so there may be cheaper options soon.
-Chris
There is a cheaper dual CPU Tyan board which uses the same motherboard chipset. Its the Tyan Tiger-MP S2460, which doesn't have SCSI, onboard video, or Ethernet, but is half the price (around $200). -willryu