Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 09:02:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations... Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961025085918.6937C-100000@downlink.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961025014806.21509F-100000@quagmire.ki.net>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Hi... > > I'm going back to University in the spring, and wish to > get together a nice system *before* I become a starving student > again :) > > I'm interested in playing around with the SMP side of > FreeBSD, since what I've read on the mail list seems to indicate > that its relatively stable, altho still developing... > > 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? Well, the p6/200 chips have gone through the roof in price, so they aren't a reasonable deal right now. I can tell you the p6/166, with 512K cache, are available for about 525 each, which isn't so relatively bad. I think that actually compares pretty well with the price of the p5/166, and the preformance is much higher. I haven't yet got my Tyan Titan Pro (I pick it up today) so I can't really make a recommendation about it yet, sorry. I can tell you that I did look around for a long time, and that was my choice, FWIW. > > On a costs note...which would I get more 'bang-for-my-buck' > from? > > Thanks... > > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net > Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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