[KLUG Members] Dual Pentium Pros

[Brian Ritz]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Adam Williams wrote:

>>Okay: Does anyone here have dual pentium pro linux boxes?  
>
>Yes.
>
>>I'm attempting
>>to locate a motherboard, and I want to know how they perform. If they
>>don't perform that well, I'll save my money.  
>
>It depends on the chip.  The larger cache ones 512k or the even better 1Mb 
>can still hold their own.  And they SMP very well.  For 256k chips I think 
>it is better to scratch and upgrade. 
You can also find the overclocking 333 for the pentium pros, actually the 
200's with 1mb of cache usually cost more than the 333's.
>>I've got a single ppro right
>>now, and it's good, but I want to know if it's worth the money to get a
>>board holding two (I have two CPUs).  
>
>It really depends on what you do.  I swear by SMP,  even if one doesn't 
>run multiple concurrent tasks it really helps the machine remain 
>responsive while one large task busys out a CPU.  But you'll only notice 
>if you frequently run tasks that hit the machine hard for a sustained 
>amount of time.
>
>>I'm bidding on ebay right now, which
>>is a losing battle (lost one last night with a minute left, konqueror
>>crashed).  I just want to know if it's as cool as I think it might be.
>
>The coolness factor of SMP is quite high.  Chics really dig it: "Oh my!  
>Your box has FOUR processors, purrrr........" :)
Yes SMP rocks the house, but I have yet to hear a chic purr. Adam must be 
thinking of the cat as it wonders across your keyboard when trying to do 
some work. 

>
>>Otherwise, anyone who wants to rid themselves of a dual ppro board, woo.
>>P.S.  Should I guy a special power supply for it?  Right now it's probably
>>got a 250 in it.
>
>It depends on what else you connect.  I put my drives in an extenal 
>cabinet what has it's own PS.
And he forgot to mention that it heats the upstairs in the wintertime, 
now if it would only cool in the summertime. 

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