From owner-freebsd-smp Thu May 1 17:17:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA28244 for smp-outgoing; Thu, 1 May 1997 17:17:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horst.bfd.com (horst.bfd.com [204.160.242.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA28233; Thu, 1 May 1997 17:17:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harlie.bfd.com (bastion.bfd.com [204.160.242.14]) by horst.bfd.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA13665; Thu, 1 May 1997 17:17:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 17:17:12 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" To: Steve Passe cc: "Eric J. Chet" , "Jonathan M. Bresler" , msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, macgyver@db-net.com, Don@PartsNow.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 7860 In-Reply-To: <199705012029.OAA08130@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 1 May 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > And you could save a few $hundred by going > with the 256k cache versions: Pro 150 256K $199, actually CHEAPER than > the P5x166 (but avoid 150mHz, means a bus speed of 60mHz vs 66mHz for > 166mHz). This makes the difference almost nil, (but I really recommend > the 512k cache). You *probably* could overclock 150s to 166, I have been > overclocking my P6-166x512s to 200mHz for almost a month now without any > sign of trouble. I've had my hands on three P6-150's, and all will make world at 180. I still run them at 166 for the bus speed.