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Subject: Re: fastest single processor chess gamer available (for now)---amd 1866 mhz

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 21:34:02 07/30/01

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On July 30, 2001 at 22:09:28, Slater Wold wrote:

>On July 30, 2001 at 20:56:55, K. Burcham wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>here is a system being sold on the internet.
>>i put this together at their site as a tower only.
>>
>>this badfast system should hit about 1625 kns, (fritzmark).
>>
>>of course these guys are using the sub 0  kyro tech frosty
>>       on the processor to get this. all the hardware looks
>>       well engineered. this thing should play a mean game
>>       of chess. i just dont like the idea of my freezer inside
>>       of my pc case. air cooled dual 1600 palominos, sound
>>       better to me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Base Price 	$3608
>>Options Price	- $477
>>Unit Price	$3131
>>Quantity	1
>>Total	$3131
>>
>>Processor 	AMD™ Athlon™ processor with 266MHz FSB, thermally accelerated to
>>1.86GHz (1866MHz)
>>System Caches	128K L1 and 256K, on-die, full-speed L2
>>Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-7DX (v.3.0 or higher) -- AMD-761 Northbridge and VIA
>>686B Southbridge (chipset); integrated FDD and dual-channel UDMA/100 HDD
>>controller; 2 serial, 1 parallel, 4 USB ports (2 via header option); max 2.0GB
>>PC2100 DDR SDRAM in 2 DIMM sockets; 1 AGP and 5 PCI slots; ATX form factor;
>>includes (but not installed) Norton AntiVirus 2001 (OEM) and Norton Personal
>>Firewall 2001 (OEM)
>>Memory	512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM, 2x256 (266MHz FSB) [+ $53]
>>Hard Drive & Hard Drive Controller	40.0GB IBM, 7200 rpm, ATA/100 [base]
>>Floppy Drive	Teac 1.44MB, 3.5"
>>Video	ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro, 16MB, with TV-out, AGP [- $229]
>>Monitor	None [- $305]
>>CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD	50X Asus CD-ROM, ATAPI [base]
>>Sound	Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1, PCI [+ $101]
>>Speakers	None [- $90]
>>Chassis/Power Supply	KryoTech cooling subsystem (SuperG2); (4) 5.25'' bays, (3)
>>3.5'' bays; 350W AMD-approved power supply
>>Keyboard	SYS Windows 98, PS/2 [base]
>>Mouse	Microsoft IntelliMouse, PS/2 [base]
>>Modem	None [- $67]
>>Network	Intel PRO/100 S, 10/100, 3DES, PCI [+ $60]
>>Operating System	Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition [base]
>>Other Options	None
>>Technical Support & Onsite Service	First year 24/7 technical support (800#);
>>first year onsite service
>>Warranty	The system is backed by a limited six year warranty on memory, five
>>years on labor, and three years on parts (excluding KryoTech-supplied
>>components). There is a one year limited warranty for parts and labor on the
>>KryoTech-supplied components (CPU, chassis, power supply, motherboard and
>>cooling subsystem).
>$3100 is a tad steep.  And the KyroTech stuff is junk.

I agree, I bought the first 1GHz that came out and it went bad, then I got a
replacement sent, guess what? That one went bad too, I sent it back and got a
complete refund, their design is flawed and with chip speeds rising they'll
NEVER carry an advantage
>
>BTW, this system Fritzmark's 1957 nps with 128MB hash on Deep Fritz.
>
>
>Slate
>
>PS I know the PGN is a tad confusing, I disco'ed during the game, and 232
>continued.



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