From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 31 19:14:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA03280 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:14:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from 586quick166.saturn-tech.com ([207.229.19.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA03275 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:14:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (drussell@localhost) by 586quick166.saturn-tech.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id UAA13169; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:12:20 -0700 (MST) X-Authentication-Warning: 586quick166.saturn-tech.com: drussell owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:12:20 -0700 (MST) From: Doug Russell To: Jamie Bowden cc: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" , Paul Southworth , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote: > We use an aftermarket fan that uses ballbearings instead f sleave > bearings on our Cyrix chips, so it has an increased lifespan. It also > has a slightly larger blade surface, and keeps the chip cooler than the > cyrix fan. Though recently we've gone to the AMD K5's. They are cheaper, > cooler, and outperform both Cyrix and Intel. I've always been a fan of AMD's chips, at least since we started with the 386/40 chips... I haven't been using the K5s because they have been exceedingly diffucult to find locally, er, at least the faster versions. I can get 75-120 chips no problem... Although, they have started to crop up lately. I should look at them more closely, although I have been having good luck with the Cyrix chips of late. Later......