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Date:      Sun, 27 Apr 1997 21:58:41 -0600
From:      vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu (Kevin Van Maren)
To:        black@zen.cypher.net, brownie@earthling.net
Cc:        csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk, smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard?
Message-ID:  <199704280358.VAA10841@fast.cs.utah.edu>

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>i think a good rul eof thumb is about 256K per 64MB RAM (except for 
>servers or where bus speeds far exceed RAM speeds).  so, 4 CPUs with 256K 
>cache should be fine in non-server configs.  the 512K P6 chips are just 
>not cost effective.  last week i ordered a P6-150 for $165.  tough to 
>beat that.
>

My rule of thumb was 256k/16MB ram.  But that was before memory got 
soooo cheap.  Actually, there have been numerous benchmarks that have 
shown that 3 166/512k chips blow away 4 200/256k chips.  It was
too bad that Intel discontinued the Pro/166.

Kevin



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