Help me!!!

[Zachary Cartwright]

I recently acquired a retired workstation that i would like to turn into a video rendering machine for when i start making YouTube vidyas... It use dual Xeons that fit socket 604 and it uses ddr2 ram... my motherboard took a deep one when it was given to me and the power supply is a joke too... can anyone give me a good site to look at to find a motherboard and power supply for under $150 for the two combined? I don't have a lot of money to spend on it.

[NinJake]

Have you used pcpartpicker before? If you haven't heard of it, take a look!

[Zachary Cartwright]

Just now, NinJake said:

Have you used pcpartpicker before? If you haven't heard of it, take a look!

never used them before but i will definitely take a peek!

 

[Moress]

3 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Have you used pcpartpicker before? If you haven't heard of it, take a look!

PCPP doesn't include 604 due to its age.

Gonna have to look for used servers and motherboards OP, good luck though

[dizmo]

Your best bet is eBay.

[Zachary Cartwright]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Your best bet is eBay.

I got my 2 "new" cpus form ebay and they are in my desk drawer right now... i need Workstation xw6200 specific board though because i want to use the same case it came in

[dizmo]

28 minutes ago, Zachary Cartwright said:

I got my 2 "new" cpus form ebay and they are in my desk drawer right now... i need Workstation xw6200 specific board though because i want to use the same case it came in

The answer is still eBay

You won't find hardware that old at any retailer, and if it was used in a commercial setting your chance of finding one is next to 0.