[Solved] Xeon Stability

Hey everyone,

A friend of mine is wanting me to do a system build for him. He's doing a lot of audio work.

A couple years ago another friend of his offered him an old server (single core xeon). He needed a second system at the time so he figured he'd give it a try.

Long story short... he LOVED it. He says he's never experienced a more "solid" feeling system.

Anyhow, as I said he wants a new system since the old one is getting a bit out of date for his current projects. I was going to build him an i7, but he's really interested in a new xeon based system. I'm tried it myself and I see what he means by the "solid" feel.

I'm wondering what contributes to this feel... is it the xeon/server processor itself or could it possibly be more the use of ECC RAM?

Anyhow, never built a server system for non-server use before and I'm wondering if anyone has insight into a) techniques on how to do so, and b) what contributes to the different feel from a consumer system.

Best,

Lem

Hello lemonart;
I think the major contribution to that "solid" feel you mention is the stability of the drivers that support the hardware, and not the hardware itself.
For that reason if 'solid stability' is your primary goal you might be better off recommending a server from an OEM like Dell or HP.

Best answer selected by mousemonkey.