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Great, thanks. We're up to noise reduction.
What do you think about this:

Noise Reduction Technology: Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels, and more(2)


Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels [+29]
Power Supply Gasket [+5]
Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9]
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I am not sure about FOam on Panels. It might lead to heating of the system. Just place the box on a rubber mat.
 
Quote from radist:

OK. Thanks. Back to the hard drive. What's your first choice? [/QUOTE/]

Intel X25-M... excellent performance all around (though not the fastest in "Headline" Sequential Read/Write measures)... but many reports show Intels to be "most reliable"...
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Quote from jokepie:

Two is better, every Motherboard stot has limited bandwidth and therefor if you put two instead of One, you will get better performance.
1GB or 512MB ? really dosent matter. Its the GPU that matters - Graphics processor.
Since you plan to run 3 mons, I suggest two cards.
If you have Intel processor - buy NVDIA cards not ATI.
If your monitors have HDMI inputs ? there are cards that have HDMI connectors as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133276
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Rereading everything here. Thanks for all the help.

OK, I'm going to hold off on the video cards until I pick the monitors. As it will take almost a month to build if I want I"m sure I could add them in the final hour.
 
They said, "guaranteed to be built after X-mas." They are inundated. Totally backlogged. Interesting, don't you think? I was thinking Xmas sales were going to be horrendous but who knows.
 
Quote from radist:


I compared Dell and HP and this appears to be the best bang for the best price.

Many thanks.
Melanie
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Just a question and not to throw the discussion OFF>
Did you look at Dell precision workstations - example below an EXAMPLE (these come with the OS):
Dell Precision T3500 Workstation

Starting Price $1,762.00
Instant Savings $328.00
Subtotal $1,434.00
My Selections All Options
Dell Precision T3500 Workstation

Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id



Dell Precision T3500:
Dell Precision T3500, CMT, Standard Power Supply, C2 Motherboard T3500W 1 [224-8671] 1

Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional wXP Mode,No Media, 32-bit, English W7PVN3E 1 [330-6228][421-1482][421-2262] 11

Energy Efficiency Option:
No Energy Star NOESTAR 1 [330-3201] 25

Processor:
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5507, 2.26GHz,4M L3, 4.8GT/s E5507 1 [317-4295] 2

Productivity Software:
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 STARP10 1 [468-7403][468-7439] 22

Hardware Support Services :
3 Year ProSupport and 3 Year NBD On-Site Service U3IPY 1 [983-9162][984-5810][989-3449][992-9042][993-3140][993-9008][993-9017] 29

Memory:
4GB, 1333MHz, DDR3 SDRAM, NECC (2 DIMM) 4G3N332 1 [317-1236] 3

chassis configuration:
Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration MT 1 [311-7463] 15

Graphics:
Dual 256MB NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 295, 4MON, 4DP w/ 4DP to DVI Adapt DNV2954 1 [320-7903][330-4320] 6

Security Software:
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services, 15-months TMWF15 1 [410-0330] 37

Hard Drive Configuration:
C1 All SATA or SSD drives, No RAID for 1 Hard Drive SATA1 1 [341-8562] 9

Hard Drive Controller:
Integrated Intel chipset SATA 3.0Gb/s controller NSASCTL 1 [341-9289] 24

Boot Hard Drive:
320GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache™ 320GS 1 [341-8998] 8

CD-ROM, DVD and Read-Write Devices:
16X DVD-ROM with Cyberlink Power DVD™ No Media DVD16N 1 [313-7458][421-4370] 16

Keyboard:
Dell QuietKey Keyboard QUSB 1 [330-3203] 4

Mouse:
Dell MS111 USB Optical Mouse USBOP 1 [330-9458] 12
 
Quote from jokepie:

Just a question and not to throw the discussion OFF>
Did you look at Dell precision workstations - example below an EXAMPLE (these come with the OS):
Dell Precision T3500 Workstation

Starting Price $1,762.00
Instant Savings $328.00
Subtotal $1,434.00
My Selections All Options
Dell Precision T3500 Workstation

Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id



Dell Precision T3500:
Dell Precision T3500, CMT, Standard Power Supply, C2 Motherboard T3500W 1 [224-8671] 1

Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional wXP Mode,No Media, 32-bit, English W7PVN3E 1 [330-6228][421-1482][421-2262] 11

Energy Efficiency Option:
No Energy Star NOESTAR 1 [330-3201] 25

Processor:
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5507, 2.26GHz,4M L3, 4.8GT/s E5507 1 [317-4295] 2

Productivity Software:
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 STARP10 1 [468-7403][468-7439] 22

Hardware Support Services :
3 Year ProSupport and 3 Year NBD On-Site Service U3IPY 1 [983-9162][984-5810][989-3449][992-9042][993-3140][993-9008][993-9017] 29

Memory:
4GB, 1333MHz, DDR3 SDRAM, NECC (2 DIMM) 4G3N332 1 [317-1236] 3

chassis configuration:
Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration MT 1 [311-7463] 15

Graphics:
Dual 256MB NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 295, 4MON, 4DP w/ 4DP to DVI Adapt DNV2954 1 [320-7903][330-4320] 6

Security Software:
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services, 15-months TMWF15 1 [410-0330] 37

Hard Drive Configuration:
C1 All SATA or SSD drives, No RAID for 1 Hard Drive SATA1 1 [341-8562] 9

Hard Drive Controller:
Integrated Intel chipset SATA 3.0Gb/s controller NSASCTL 1 [341-9289] 24

Boot Hard Drive:
320GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache™ 320GS 1 [341-8998] 8

CD-ROM, DVD and Read-Write Devices:
16X DVD-ROM with Cyberlink Power DVD™ No Media DVD16N 1 [313-7458][421-4370] 16

Keyboard:
Dell QuietKey Keyboard QUSB 1 [330-3203] 4

Mouse:
Dell MS111 USB Optical Mouse USBOP 1 [330-9458] 12
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You're not throwing anything off. This is actually close to what I configured. But in the end decided to go with the Intel® Core™ i7-950 3.06, which HP doesn't offer.
 
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