March 26, 201016 yr CPU and Mobo Combo - $92.98 Kingston 2 GB DDR3 1333 RAM - $48.99 2 TB WD Green EADS - $139.99 after promo EMCYPNT63 (expires 11:59 PT on 03/28/2010) Rosewill Case w/ 120 mm fan - $24.99 after promo EMCYPNT22 (expires 11:59 PT on 03/28/2010) Antec Earthwatts 380W PSU - $34.99 after promo EMCYPNT42 (expires 11:59 PT on 03/28/2010) - Note: Does not come with power cord...easy to remedy, but seriously, WTF? Total: $341.94 (with one HDD) Added bonus: No mail in rebates to deal with! All discounts based on promo codes. If I were building this system for myself, I would probably upgrade the case to something nicer. Every other component I stand behind.
March 27, 201016 yr Can't the Sempron 140 also have the second core unlocked? It is possible but on a server where you want stability, not worth it IMO. Potentially the second core could have not passed testing. Regardless the Sempron 140 is a very decent processor for an unRAID machine (it's the CPU I use).
March 29, 201016 yr Author I agree with gabbott that it isn't worth it, unless maybe you use for server for something CPU intensive like video encoding. However, for general use unlocking the second core will just make your server use (waste) more power, and you won't see any performance increases because of it.
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