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On Thursday 14 January 2010 13:00:18 Tom Rockwell wrote: > Spec'ing a workstation for use by grad students for local analysis work. > Any comments? > > We'll add drives 2 and 3 in RAID1 purchased from third party (extra > drives a pricey from Dell). I've come to like raid 1 a lot. > > Thanks, > Tom > > > Dell Precision T3500n, CMT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS v5.3 for EM64T > 64bit system w/ 1 YR RHN, w/ Media > Unit Price $1,501.50 > > Processor Quad Core Intel® Xeon® W3520 2.66GHz, 8M L3, 4.8GT/s, Turbo > Memory 6GB, 1066MHz, DDR3 SDRAM, ECC (3 DIMMS) I hope the turbo memory doesn't cost much. I have never seen a case where it meant much. I've looked at work stations and common office machines and didn't see why it was bought. > > Graphics 256MB ATI FireMV® 2260, 2MON, 2 DP w/ 2 DP to DVI Adapter > > Boot Hard Drive 320GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache™ > > Options No Floppy Drive and No Media Card Reader I still get floppies. Just last month I had a need to update a bios on a machine which had a dead cd drive. That $9 came in handy at that point. You won't need it very often, but when you do.......... > > Mouse Dell® USB 6-Button Laser Mouse > > Chassis Configuration and 1394 Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration > > Optical Devices 16X DVD+/-RW, Data Only > > Speakers Dell AX510PA Sound Bar for all Entry Flat Panel Displays > > Power Supplies Precision T3500, CMT, 85 Percent Efficient Power Supply 85? Mine were 88! ;-) Seriously, they're decent supplies. > > Hardware Support Services 3 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 3 Year NBD If you can take the money from the turbo memory and apply it to an extra year. Budgets and all that... > > Multi Select Monitors Dell G Series G2410 24in Wide Monitor, VGA/ DVI drool