From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 27 17:02:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E56C416A420 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:02:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from green.dls.net (green.dls.net [209.242.20.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73ED43D4C for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:02:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from emailrob.com (216-145-235-27.rev.dls.net [216.145.235.27]) by green.dls.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51B64117B7 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:03:02 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <440330C4.7020407@emailrob.com> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:03:00 +0000 From: rob_spellberg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: what's the difference between the pentium-4 and the celeron-d? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:03:00 -0000 greetings, all --- before i start downloading a ton of intel docs on the p4 and the cd, i am hoping someone can give me short answers to two questions: a] what is the fundamental difference between them [ e. g., is the cd missing some major subsystem of the p4 ]? [ i am aware of the cpu clock speed differences and that the cd has a slower fsb. ] b] are there any particular docs that i should get [ intel and others ] with which i can rtfm to my heart's content or, at least, until i fall asleep? some background. ---------------- until about ten years ago, i was fairly well-versed on motorola's 6800 and 68000 lines. i stopped paying attention to intel's lines after the 8086 [ i have always considered segments to be a marketing hack that got in the way ]. the only line with which i remain reasonably knowledgeable is the 68908 family. my apps. -------- i am currently running two boxes with fbsd_4.10 on p3/800mhz. i am about to acquire the parts for 4 to 6 boxes to replace these. all will get fbsd_6.x. one will have x installed to serve as my front-end. one will be dedicated to postgres. the remainder are tbd, but i want to experiment with different structures of firewall. i am pretty much settled on intel's 945g chipset, which has everything on board. with two specific exceptions [ a box built around an ati aiw_9600 to replace my vcrs [ needs a tbd mobo with an agp slot [ 865pe ] and a fast p4 ], a box for streaming audio from non-local radio stations ], i tend to be text-oriented and integer-oriented. because my apps tend to be undemanding, i think in terms of simple, inexpensive boxes for dedicated purposes, rather than trying to make one box do everything. i have yet to need more than one cpu/mobo. i am thinking of getting several different combinations so that i can benchmark some memory-intensive test code on each. sorry to go on at this length; i wanted to be thorough, but i'm sure i forgot something. thanks in advance. please cc me as i am not subscribed to this list. rob spellberg woodstock, illinois