Yeah if you're operating on a non-coporate or non-grant type of budget (i.e., your own money), the cheapest and most effective option would be the dual/quad Xeon/Opterons and since the Opterons will destroy the Xeons when it comes to floating point calculations, you're probably better off with them.
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