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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] building a VT enabled system

On 8 Mar 2007 at 23:11, Stephen Gregory wrote:

> The ram you have listed is the wrong type. The socket AM2 cpus use  
> DDR-2 ram. A 2GB PC2-5300 ram kit (Crucial) is listed for $220.

Thank you for pointing that out.  I was copying/pasting from the 
website after visiting OEM.  I got the wrong one.

> Depending on what the system was going to be used for I would be  
> tempted to use the $100 Athlon64 3200+. It is a single core cpu  
> running at 2GHz. So half of a X2 3800+. It should be more then  
> sufficient for most home server needs.

Your recommendations would drop the price by about $70.

Thanks.

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