New Computer purchase, what parts?

[Chris Tooley]

Hello all,

I've been tasked with purchasing a computer with 2 processors at least 
(not just multicore) has anyone experience with hardware that works 
flawlessly with SL 5?  I'm leaning towards Intel processors - would I 
only be looking for Xeon or are there core i7 dual processor 
motherboards out there too?  This will be a desktop/research machine - 
so servers are not exactly what I'm looking for.

Of course I'm also searching around already but I was wondering if 
anyone had any suggestions from which I could start.

Thank you!
-Chris Tooley