From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 13 9:59:16 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B94837B401 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from MX1.estpak.ee (ld3.estpak.ee [194.126.101.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 080A043FB1 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:59:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kalts@estpak.ee) Received: from kevad.internal (80-235-45-120-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.45.120]) by MX1.estpak.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1270C8884A for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:57:57 +0200 (EET) Received: from kevad.internal (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kevad.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1DHx9DI001003 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:59:09 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from vallo@kevad.internal) Received: (from vallo@localhost) by kevad.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1DHx8B9001002 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:59:08 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from vallo) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:59:07 +0200 From: Vallo Kallaste To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestions for new machine please Message-ID: <20030213175907.GA693@kevad.internal> Reply-To: kalts@estpak.ee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i-ja.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi It was early of the year 2000 when I got very good suggestions from here to buy BX based motherboard, if any. I'm glad I did so... I have been using my old trusty BX-based system without any problems, but it's time for faster ride. As I'll want to help with SMP which seems to be slowly gaining weight, am considering dual-processor system. Current dual-Xeon systems are too expensive, PIII is old (good and cool) technology, but 1,4Ghz Tualatin price is about the same as 2Ghz Athlon XP.. which brings me to the dual-Athlon solution. What do you guys think about Asus A7M266-D and two Athlon XP 2400+ processors? The information circulating around 'Net claims that XP and MP are the same processors and with slight modification XP's will work just fine as MP's. Actually I've seen dual-XP's on this particular mobo, but these were 1,7Ghz with Palomino core. What about memory bandwidth, it's using older memory as I see. Any hidden traps, besides cooling of course? Or am I on the wrong track and catching up the long gone train.. Thanks -- Vallo Kallaste kalts@estpak.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message