Author: margolies,marc
Date: 21:06:43 06/01/03
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thank you for your offer and info. the amd 1700 is a good cheap chip that I use now. I don't know if chess engines should be overclocked-- I am still thinking about this particularly after some of Doc Hyatt's postings regarding the matter. of course that still does not settle my mobo issue. -marc On June 01, 2003 at 20:39:29, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On June 01, 2003 at 17:35:51, margolies,marc wrote: > >>hi all. >>as there are so many good deep engines out now... >>i am serioulsy considering assembling a dual processor setup for chess >>background analysis (on a home lan) and playing (competitively?) >> >>What I need from you guys are mobo recommendations uopn which to build a system. >>i have heard some of you write about an "iwill" brand board. >>of course I know the specs of the tyan and aopen boards already. >>Does someone here know if there are any opteron boards floating in the market >>place yet? ( or is this maximum overkill?) >> >>So, I'd appreciate any knowledge mainboard archeitecture recommendations. >>thanks- marc > >I'm not sure about motherboards now days for Athlon systems.. the iWill MPX2 was >the best one IMO. Now they don't make it any more, which is a shame because it >was awesome. About processors... I can take special Athlon XP 1700+ chips >(latest core) and modify them physically to run 2266MHz (2800+ is 2250MHz) on a >regular 133fsb motherboard and they'll run in SMP. > >There are no catches, you just pop in the processor and the motherboard will >detect it as an Athlon MP 2800+. You don't have to do anything special. The good >thing is they're extremely cheap AND faster than a dual Xeon 3.06. An added >bonus is you can pick up a dual Athlon board and two of these modified 2800+ MP >chips for less than the price of a single 3.06GHz Xeon. > >All chips will be fully tested to be completely stable. It's not really >necessary on the latst cores because all AMD is doing is dropping ~2.4GHz cores >onto an OPGA package and changing the 'settings' on the chip, marking it to >whatever the market demands, and selling it. All I'm doing is setting it back to >what it really is. :) > >Also, if requested, I could provide Athlon MP 3200+ to 3400+ chips (2.4-2.53GHz) >chips, these would technically be considered 'overclocked' and would run at a >slightly higher voltage than normal.. thus producing a bit of heat (still less >than a Xeon 3.06, however). I will still test for complete stability of course.
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