From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 25 03:56:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA08974 for current-outgoing; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 03:56:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA08834; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 03:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id XAA15363 ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:55:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id XAA15526; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA04986; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:54:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610250654.XAA04986@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: current@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations... In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 25 Oct 96 01:55:21 -0400. Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:54:46 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I still haven't looked into costs yet, but would I be >better going with a P6 vs a Dual-P5? Does anyone have any >recommendations on which motherboard for either I should be >looking at? make/model? cache? > On a costs note...which would I get more 'bang-for-my-buck' >from? P6's will definitely give you higher performance. But, 200MHz P6s are almost impossible to get right now, and because of that, have gone way back up in price. Don't bother with a 180 -- wrong bus speed (remember, always multiples of 33 1/3). The P6 166MHz with the 512K cache is supposed to be a good chip, if you can get it cheap (and faster than the P6/180-256K). I've been told that the Tyan dual P6 motherboard is priced very well. I would avoid SuperMicro -- I suspect their quality control could use some help. However, even a "lowly" Pentium will make a Really Excellent *BSD machine. So, it might not give you as much absolute punch per dollar, but it might be possible to do dual-P5 for less overall dollars (and you could probably get the chips right away). Definitely try to get 512K cache(s) if you go with a dual-P5. For What It's Worth... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------