Hello, Andrei. You may need to be a little more specific as to what your needs are, i.e. what is driving your need for a multi-CPU system. The best system for CAD may not be the best system for developing programs on. I now have four SMP machines at home, three of which are servers which doesn't help you much, but I can tell you that my dual P-III 850 machine runs SuSE 8.0 Pro VERY nicely indeed. If you don't need leading or bleeding edge technology, going with the venerable PIII instead of Xeon or Athlon MP may save you enough money to invest in extra memory or faster hard drives. Since you asked for specs, here you go: 2x PIII-850 Slot CPUs Tyan S1892DL Mobo 4x 256MB Crucial PC100 DIMMs Adaptec 29160N U160 SCSI Controller IBM 18GB U160 10krpm HD Fujitsu 18GB U160 10krpm HD Gainward GeForce2 MX Golden Sample Video Card 3COM 3C905B NIC SB Live Sound Card MS Keyboard and Mouse Tyan make great motherboards. They are not the fastest on the market, but they are rock solid and stable. I have four of their system boards (3xSMP, 1xUniProcessor) and they have never given me any trouble. If you were to go the PIII route, stick with the socketed CPUs as they are cheaper than the slot based ones, and run at faster speeds now, too. Bye for now, Stuart.
Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru)
10/29/02 07:06AM >>> Hi,
I am going to build dual-cpu Linux workstation (yes, workstation, not server). The choice seem to be limited to dual AthlonXP or Intel Xeon systems. Anyone using such hardware? Please indicate CPU, chipset, mainboard manufacturer, video card (I am need AGP, not PCI), your experience (compared to single-CPU system under heavy load), and possible troubles. <snip>