I am going to buy a new computer to use it as a server but I can not decide which computer to choose. Below are 3 offers. All offers are from different shops and the problem is that price difference between 1st and 3rd example is almost 200 USD. All 3 offers looks similar. Why such a price difference? Sorry, i am not expert in "DIMM" "DDR" "FSB" etc, etc.

Thank you.


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P4 2.6 512Mb GeForce FX5600ULTRA 8X 128Mb 120Gb HDD SB CDRW LAN

Procesor: Pentium 4 2.6 C /800/512Kb
MotherBoard: i845PE(OC FSB800) DDR SB 6ch LAN
RAM: 512 MB DIMM DDR
Video: GeForce FX5600 8x 128Mb DDR DVI,TV
HDD: 120Gb 7200/8Mb


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Pentium 4 2.6GHz i865PE 512MB, 120GB, 64MB MX440, LAN, CDRW, audio

Motherboard: - EPoX 4PDA3I, i865PE
Cpu: Intel Pentium 4 2600/800/512 S478 box
Memory: - 2x Kingston 256Mb DDR DIMM PC400 CL3 for FSB 800MHz
Hdd: 120.0GB WD800JB 7200 8Mb/ IBM Deskstar 180GXP (7200rpm) 8MB

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2600/800Mhz 512Kb Intel Pentium4
512Mb DDR400 DIMM A-Data
GeForce FX5200 128Mb DDR
80Gb 7200rpm ATA133 HDD
CD-RW Samsung 52x/32x/52x
LAN 10/100Mbit, USB 2.0

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Personally I'd be looking elsewhere for a server - you don't need things such as the graphics cards mentioned above. Is this going to be a local server or a co-lo one? If colo then why the CD-RW drive as well? In all honesty, you'd be better off firstly deciding exactly what you want the server for and then get/build yourself a suitable machine for the job otherwise you'll be paying for hardware that isn't required

Penguin,

I don't need CD-RW drive. All 3 offers I copied from websites of computer shops and all 3 contain CD-RW drive. I will ask to remove things what I don't need.

But my question is about motherboard, memory, hard disk etc... For example, what is the difference between:

EPoX 4PDA3I, i865PE

and

i845PE(OC FSB800) DDR SB 6ch LAN

etc.

Essentially you're comparing 3 identical computers.

NOPE.. Read #1... It says a Intel 845PE motherboard, which supports a 533MHz FSB... Then it specifies OC to 800MHz

I would *definitely* stay away from that. It's using the 845 chipset, which is not great for performance, and then it's OC'd, so you lose warranty from Intel, *and* will have stability issues.