Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 07:29:19 06/23/03
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On June 23, 2003 at 08:05:40, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On June 23, 2003 at 08:02:00, Sally Weltrop wrote: > >>On June 22, 2003 at 21:06:33, Aaron Gordon wrote: >> >>>On June 22, 2003 at 20:32:37, Dan Andersson wrote: >>> >>>> It can't be for speed if you buy a dual machine to do chess. For a quad it's a >>>>different matter. There you gain a little, not much. >>>> I'd wager the perception of reliability comes in play. Curiously enough the >>>>most problems I've had with any computer was with an all out Intel machine. Not >>>>that it was a terrible bother. Heck, my current SMP machine is an Intel one. >>>> I only think it would have been intersting to glean a bit about his reasons. >>>> >>>>MvH Dan Andersson >>> >>>You can also build a dual Athlon MP 3200+ (2.4ghz) barebones system (board, >>>chips, ram, case+psu, heatsink/fans, videocard, etc) for less than the price of >>>a single Xeon 3.06 cpu.. and the 2x3200+ would be faster. :) Gotta love it.. >> >>I see AMD ATHLON MP 3200+ at >>http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&from=R7&ebaytag1=ebayreg&query=%22Athlon+MP%22&query2=Athlon+MP&search_option=3&exclude=&category0=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1code=0&st=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort >>going for $165 each! That's awfully cheap! Is this correct? Looks shady to me >>when reliable companies are seeling them for at least 3 X's the price. > >In fact going on pricewatch.com I only see Athlon MP 2800+ going for $285 each? > >where are the 3,000 & 3,200's? That guy is selling modified overclocked chips, just like I am.. however his are slower (2266MHz, 512K L2) vs my modified 3200+ MP chips running 2400MHz, 256k L2.. and for chess I haven't seen L2 help at all on newer chips (especially p4/xeon/athlon chips), so all is well there. Also, I sell my Athlon MP 3200+ modified chips for $129 a piece. :)
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