On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Tom Brown <tom at ng23.net> wrote: > >> >> Probably depends on how much you want to spend. >> Core7i will blow everything out of the water, even entry-level Xeons, I >> believe.... >> The boards and CPUs are expensive - but you can add a lot of RAM (six >> sockets instead of four). >> > > > OK thanks - from what i have just read about the Core i7 i dont think > i'll be going that route as they seem $$ and not many mobo's available. > > will keep looking > > thanks > _______________________________________________ We've had great success in using both Intel and Gigabyte motherboard. If your budget is tight, then a mobo with only 2 memory modules (i.e. 4GB max RAM) will work well. And you can use anything from an Intel Core 2 Duo 6750 CPU upwards - well those are the ones that I find the most stable. If you don't need fully virtualization, i.e. don't need the Intel VT technology, then the cheaper CPU's like 2140 and updards will also work well. For a few extra bucks you could use the Intel desktop motherboard with 4 memory modules to get 8GB RAM, and s ome of them can take up to an Intel XEN 3000 class CPU. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers