Around 1K budget, looking for a powerful system

[kam44]

Hi guys,

My budget is around £1,000. I am after a Motherboard, CPU (or CPU's ) and RAM. I have Cosmos 1000 case and 1000W Antec Quattro Power Supply.

The main use will be running VMWare to test/play around with a few technologies. Around about 5 Virtual servers running Windows 2008 server)

Can anyone recommend me something please? I would appreciate it.

I did look at Asus Z8NA-D6 with two sockets but not sure if it would support two i7 core's. Can't seem to find a Tyan motherboard which will support i7 either (maybe I misread it!). I presume Intel is still the top dog out there?

Lastly, I don't want overclock anything, just want something really fast and stable.

Thanks,


K

 

[WR2]

Hello kam44;

You could try a Tyan S7025 and a couple Xeon X5650s. But that would really wreck your budget.
Asus Z8NA-D6 website Shows CPU support list and other details.

-> Keeping your budget firmly in mind to get something that should work very well for you.

Core i5-2500 3.3Ghz Sandy Bridge CPU $£163.98

Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H-B3 uATX Motherboard £110.75
alternate: Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3 ATX Motherboard ££125

Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz £94 x2 for 16GB £188

Video- Integrated HD 2000 on the Core i5-2500 CPU

SAMSUNG SPINPOINT F3 1TB INTERNAL HARD DRIVE 7200RPM 32MB Cache £40

Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB, SATA 6GB/S SSD £164

LiteOn I24x Internal DVD Burner SATA £15

Your Cosmos case & Quattro PSU. And an operating system of your choice.

~£682 (~£697 with alternate MB)