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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:21:32 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sweet spot 
Message-ID:  <11217.945282092@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:01:16 MST." <199912151801.LAA61965@harmony.village.org> 

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In message <199912151801.LAA61965@harmony.village.org>, Warner Losh writes:
>
>What's the current sweet spot for intel systems?  I'm looking to spend
>about $1500-$2000 on a screaming builder box and was wondering what
>the current sweet spot in the hardware curve is??

Go for an Athlon and overclock it.  My 500MHz is a happy camper at
700MHz (The chip is marked 600MHz btw).

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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