I have to choose between these options for a CPUs for a spec'ed computer. Which option would you take and would be best for the rest of the hardware?
Option 1: 2 x Intel Xeon Dual-Core (Dempsey) 3.20GHz, 2x2M Cache, 1066MHz FSB 1U Passive/2U Active Combo
Option 2: 2 x Intel® 2.0Ghz Xeon™ Processor, 1333FSB, 4MB Cache, (Active) for the SC5299-E "Pilot Point III" & SR1500 "Dowling 2" & SR1550 "Petrof Bay"
These are the specs for the rest of the machine:
Intel® SC5299WS (Pilot Point 4 WS) Chassis - Fixed 670W PSU, Rack Mountable, New Tool-Less Feature, 2x Chassis Fans, 1x PSU Fan
Supports up to 6 Tool-Free Cabled Drives, Upgradeable to 6x Hot-Swap Drives (SCSI / SATA) Without Power Cord
Supported Server Mainboards: Intel® S5000XVN
Intel Boxed Server Workstation Board S5000XVN (Vernonia) with 6 SATA 3Gbps ports
Support for: 2 x Multi-Core Intel® Xeon™ (DP) Processors on Intel® 5000X Chipset, 32GB Fully Buffered DIMMS (8 DIMMs)
1 x ATA, 6 x SATA, 2 x Gbe LAN, 4 x PCI Buses, 5 x Total Slots: 1x PCI Express x16, 2x PCI Express x4 (x8 connectors)
1x PCI-X 133/100MHz, 1x PCI-X 100MHz
Supported Chassis : Intel® SC5299WS & SC5400BASE Chassis
Kingston Value Ram Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC Fully Buffered CL5 DIMM Dual Rank, x4 Intel
Kingston Value Ram Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC Fully Buffered CL5 DIMM Dual Rank, x4 Intel
Seagate, 250Gb, 7200rpm, 16mb cache, NCQ, SATA-300 (Another 400GB and a 200GB hard drive will be added as well)
Sony 1.44 Floppy Disk Drive (Black)
LG 18x DVD Writer (Retail Black) : Lightscribe (Ships with free Ivory Bezel)
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-HD, 256MB 16X PCI-E (DVIx 2, TV-Out, SLi) DDR3 128Bit, GPU Fan, Dual Mon Support
LG LGL1970HR-BF 19" LCD, SXGA, 1280 x 1024, 2ms, Contrast 2000:1, DVi - Slim Bezel (DVI+Analog)
Logitech Black Internet Pro PS/2 Keyboard - Internet and Multi-Media functions; incl. detachable palm rest
Option 1: 2 x Intel Xeon Dual-Core (Dempsey) 3.20GHz, 2x2M Cache, 1066MHz FSB 1U Passive/2U Active Combo
Option 2: 2 x Intel® 2.0Ghz Xeon™ Processor, 1333FSB, 4MB Cache, (Active) for the SC5299-E "Pilot Point III" & SR1500 "Dowling 2" & SR1550 "Petrof Bay"
These are the specs for the rest of the machine:
Intel® SC5299WS (Pilot Point 4 WS) Chassis - Fixed 670W PSU, Rack Mountable, New Tool-Less Feature, 2x Chassis Fans, 1x PSU Fan
Supports up to 6 Tool-Free Cabled Drives, Upgradeable to 6x Hot-Swap Drives (SCSI / SATA) Without Power Cord
Supported Server Mainboards: Intel® S5000XVN
Intel Boxed Server Workstation Board S5000XVN (Vernonia) with 6 SATA 3Gbps ports
Support for: 2 x Multi-Core Intel® Xeon™ (DP) Processors on Intel® 5000X Chipset, 32GB Fully Buffered DIMMS (8 DIMMs)
1 x ATA, 6 x SATA, 2 x Gbe LAN, 4 x PCI Buses, 5 x Total Slots: 1x PCI Express x16, 2x PCI Express x4 (x8 connectors)
1x PCI-X 133/100MHz, 1x PCI-X 100MHz
Supported Chassis : Intel® SC5299WS & SC5400BASE Chassis
Kingston Value Ram Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC Fully Buffered CL5 DIMM Dual Rank, x4 Intel
Kingston Value Ram Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC Fully Buffered CL5 DIMM Dual Rank, x4 Intel
Seagate, 250Gb, 7200rpm, 16mb cache, NCQ, SATA-300 (Another 400GB and a 200GB hard drive will be added as well)
Sony 1.44 Floppy Disk Drive (Black)
LG 18x DVD Writer (Retail Black) : Lightscribe (Ships with free Ivory Bezel)
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-HD, 256MB 16X PCI-E (DVIx 2, TV-Out, SLi) DDR3 128Bit, GPU Fan, Dual Mon Support
LG LGL1970HR-BF 19" LCD, SXGA, 1280 x 1024, 2ms, Contrast 2000:1, DVi - Slim Bezel (DVI+Analog)
Logitech Black Internet Pro PS/2 Keyboard - Internet and Multi-Media functions; incl. detachable palm rest
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