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    Looking to update our Computers

    Thank you all. Now lets see what my company will do.
  2. markmm7

    Looking to update our Computers

    So would this be better then what my spec started out at? (changed the HD's to 4 74 gig drives for the raid 10 and added the controller). Also do you think I need the LCS case or would a regular case be ok. Is the xeon 5565 at 3.0 GHz worth the price over the xeon 5355? MB: Supermicro X7DA8...
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    Looking to update our Computers

    When I go and look at the hard drives it says that the Hard Drives I listed are SATA drives. CBL you are correct thats supposed to read Quadra FX 6500 video card. Was a typo on my part. Stefan The problem for me is that my company dosent want to even acknowledge that we need more then a...
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    Looking to update our Computers

    OK so far i'm seeing some really good things that i missed. I have changed my RAM to 4 2 gig sticks and looked into the warranty for the hard drives...its a 5 year one. These are going to be leased machines so I'm not to worried about the warranty alot. Thanks for everyones help so far. Mark
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    Looking to update our Computers

    We have wrestled our budget money back from our IT department and are looking to get our own new computers. I have been searching for hardware that will last for about 2 to 3 years with the minimum amount of upgrading during that time (RAM will probably be the only thing that will need to be...

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