Re: [PLUG] Duel Processors Motherboards...

[Todd Yocum <odye@bellatlantic.net>]

Anthony,

	Not sure if you saw a post I put out earlier,
in case you didn't, I included it at the end of this email.
The dual MB market is finally seeing some new life,
mostly based on the Via133 chipsets.
 
					Todd

Mike Leone wrote:
> 
> >Hi list!
> Hi!
> 
> >I am looking for a machine with a duel processor motherboard.  Possibly for
> >a AMD Athlon.... or a intell P III.
> >I would like the RAM to be upgradable as well.

There are no dual SMP Athlon's MB at this time, although the 760MP
for Athlon is coming in 2-4 months, I think. Rumour has it that
the current Athlon CPU's are dual-capable, so only a MB upgrade
would be required later on. 

> >We are going to run Linux on it.. and are thinking of a duel processor
> >machine because of the fact that its easy to upgrade (you just buy another
> >processor:)  The large RAM capacity... for the same reason.
> 
> You don't need a dual-processor motherboard to upgrade the CPU. I've upgraded my mobo from a PII-233 to a PII-350 to a current PIII-550.
> You just need a decent mobo, that's all. Something with flash BIOS upgrades, you can can upgrade the BIOS to take advantage of later processors. Mine is an Asus P2B - the BIOS upgrades let me move from a PII to a PIII.

I think Anthony meant that he could easily upgrade to a full dual-CPU
rig later
by adding a second CPU to is dual-capable MB, and for now just get a
single.

							Todd

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Subject: 
          Re: [PLUG] Looking to buy new dual-processor system
     Date: 
          Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:03:21 -0400
     From: 
          Todd Yocum <odye@bellatlantic.net>
  Reply-To: 
          plug@lists.phillylinux.org
       To: 
          plug@lists.phillylinux.org
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Well, I've done alot of reseach on this lately, so I'll
share my results, fwiw.

Here is one dual-CPU system included at the end that I just ordered,
just to give you a ballpark. Can't vouch for these guys yet, but I've 
liked what I've seen so far. They are the best bang-for-the-buck I could
find,
barring a self-assembled rig. It's an overclocked rig, if that's your
thang. 
Otherwise just go with dual 800's

A few links I found helpful:
www.arstechnica.com - excellent site, check out
                      their latest diy rigs, the god-box
                      now also uses the MSI D694
www.2cpu.com - all things having to do with 2 cpu's
www.3drage.com - have a recent review of a rig similar to
                 the one below.
www.micropro.com - almost as cheap vendor, don't
                   know how good they are.


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