Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 16:33:07 06/30/03
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On June 30, 2003 at 16:07:52, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote: >On June 30, 2003 at 14:52:07, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On June 30, 2003 at 14:42:36, Mr j smith wrote: >> >>>On June 30, 2003 at 14:06:43, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On June 30, 2003 at 12:14:35, Sean Mintz wrote: >>>> >>>>>I originally used the Tyan Tiger MP. It doesnt have video, networking, sound, or >>>>>anything like that which is what I wanted. It was a fast board, completely >>>>>stable, and I used it for almost 2 years. It got destroyed during an electrical >>>>>storm, though. I replaced it with a Tyan Tiger MPX which was a later revision >>>> >>>>electrical storm? >>>> >>>>What do you mean? >>>> >>>>I have 150000 volts above my head. If that ain't generating a big enough EMF, >>>>then the only thing that i can imagine at the moment generating a bigger EMF >>>>field is a H-bomb in the atmosphere. >>>> >>>>Of course you need 3 wires to the machine. 2 power wires and 1 earth, otherwise >>>>nowadays todays computers destroy themselves ;) >>>> >>>>>that also included networking capabilities. Better performance, still completely >>>>>stable, but also can be overclocked. I have my dual 1.2 ghz athlon mp's (the >>>>>originals) at 9x150 (1350 mhz). >>>>> >>>>>These boards have been great to me and if they sound like what you're looking >>>>>for then I would definately suggest them. >>>> >>>>i personally find all the dual K7 motherboards suck ass. Most boards the com >>>>ports do not work. good example is the Tyan stuff. only bios 2.07 the both com >>>>ports worked. the newer ones it doesn't. >>>> >>>>for an auto232 player pretty critical. >>>> >>>>currently i have a MPX2 motherboard. it is the best board i had so far, but keep >>>>in mind that this board is discontinued. >>>> >>>>dual opteron is what rocks now. >>> >>> >>>Do you know how far the dual opteron motherboards can be overclocked? By that I >>>mean the FSB. >>> >>>Thanks in advanced. >> >>I know that my MPX motherboard doesn't overclock at all, unless i buy all kind >>of stuff to cool all chipsets and that i kick out all USB devices and such. >> >>overclocking duals or quads is a very BAD idea. >> >>if i put FSB from 133Mhz to 134Mhz it already gets hung here after a while. >>i guess it is the usb optical mouse that causes. >> >>I have as heatsinks: swiftech 462 and on the other i have a thermalright SLK800 >>that latter heatsink sucks ass and the first one i love but at the second socket >>it didn't fit, the reason i use such heatsinks is because i want a silent pc. i >>don't want a delta airlines machine like my old dual K7 is. >> >>It produces more noise than a delta airlines jumbojet. Or in fact exactly that. >>it has delta fans. >> >>Right now i regrettably need 1 delta fan to blow air onto the slk800. I have >>some slower running fan here but then the processor gets too hot when diep is >>running. >> >>I bet opteron is a server processor where you should not toy with at all >>considering that it burns 80+ watt. >> >>People overclocking duals take a big risk. >> >>What i do remember is that in past i had overclocked PII300s to 450Mhz. After a >>few months they one by one collapsed. >> >>In general i do not remember anything that ran dual that overclocked well in a >>very stable way for many years. >> >>I remember diep ran at the icc shortly at a dual 550Mhz celeron. i know another >>10 guys who had dual celerons. they all broke within 2 years. >> >>overclocking is a bad habit, but i can't deny that i sometimes try it. > >Sir ,I am constanley looking for the fastest and best Computer to run My Chess >Programs on. I'm on My 6th singal Processor in as many Years. I have decided to >go dual and almost bought a dual AMD 2800 MP's. I heard about and read all the >articles about the Opteron and decided to go that way. I also considered buying >some overclocked chips but My gut feeling told Me to hold off. Other creditable >sources told Me the same thing You just did,about the reliablity issue and for >how long. I will probualy purchase a dual Opteron 2Ghz when Thier finally >released. Thanks for Your comments,You probualy save Me from making a big >mistake with overclocked chips. By the way ,do You know of other Computer >Venders that would have state-of-the art Products/cutting edge technology >besides Monarch.com? >>>>Mike the problem with overclocking is that there is a few idiots reporting they can without problems overclock and the people who find out it doesn't work for them they do not post it. for the average person: DO NOT OVERCLOCK. Do not overclock a dual at all. If you want to try, then please remember whether the time and material investment needed to overlock is worth the extra price and effort. Whereas a nonoverclocked cpu is going to run perfectly. that's why i bought mp2600s (mp2800s were not there yet). dual opteron is the fastest thing around. the good thing about buying such a system now is that it is possible to later upgrade. i doubt k7-mp will be possible to upgrade. installing a new OS that is 64 bits to the dual opteron next year will be a peanut. pretty hard at a dual K7 though :)
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