Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 16:57:10 06/23/03
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On June 23, 2003 at 18:16:18, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On June 23, 2003 at 11:35:18, Sally Weltrop wrote: > >>On June 23, 2003 at 10:29:19, Aaron Gordon wrote: >> >>>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. :) >> >>How do u get Athlon MP 3200+ when I don't see them out in the mainstream? >> >>are they Athlon MP 2400+ with some modifications of the chip? >> >>How do they hold up and what cooling do u use? >> >>Where is your site to buy them if m interested? >> >>I started saving so in a few months l be looking to buy a whole new systems > > >They are Athlon XP 1700+ chips (1.47ghz), AMD puts 2.4GHz cores on them. I just >modify the chip physically to make them into an Athlon MP 3200+. Cooling isn't a >problem, the chips are low voltage so any average copper heatsink/fan will be >fine. The two 2266MHz/2800+ chips that I use run 40C full load with average >copper heatsink/fans AND with the fans running only at 6 volts instead of 12.. >making the PC virtually silent. > >My site is www.newageoc.com, I need to update the pretested cpus page however.. >I've only recently started selling these chips. I definitely keep you in mind ;.)
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