Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:54:46 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations... Message-ID: <199610250654.XAA04986@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 25 Oct 96 01:55:21 -0400. <Pine.NEB.3.95.961025014806.21509F-100000@quagmire.ki.net>
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> 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...
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