**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Jul 13 03:00:01 2018 Jul 13 14:40:49 If I buy an LGA775 motherboard using Q45 instead of Q35 then I can have 16 GiB of main memory (4× 4-GiB DIMMs) with a Core 2 computer but 4× 4-GiB low-density DDR2 DIMMs for an Intel computer costs around 200 CAD including shipping from Asia to Canada, then I need to buy a new motherboard too, which could cost around 100 CAD including shipping. I guess it would make more sense to buy a current computer that supports up to at least 32 GiB of main memory Jul 13 14:40:49 but, in practice, I will keep what I have because it still suffices. High-density 4-GiB DDR2 DIMMs that work with an AM2 computer but not with an Intel computer cost around 4.5 times less than the low-density DIMMs needed for an Intel computer but that does not matter in my case because I already have an Intel computer. Jul 13 15:15:40 brolin_empey: you should probably look beyond LGA775 chips nowadays, the power consumption to performance ratio is pretty bad Jul 13 15:16:35 old ECC DDR3 registered memory is literally sold by the bucket nowadays on ebay, they'll go pretty nicely into a dual LGA1366 server board Jul 13 15:17:24 if you're fine with regular DDR3 prices, X79+8C/16T xeon is a good bet too **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Jul 14 03:00:00 2018