we're building a file server for home use from an old K6-2 500. there are
also two Durons in the house, one 750 and one 600 oc'd to 800 (very stable.
the 750, however, won't run at 133mhz FSB, though :( no overclocking for
him, unless i start playing around with core voltages...) the K6-2 tech is
getting old and has trouble keeping up, but i suspect the chip i have is
suffering from heat damage. it's still a solid chip, though.
the only problem i see with the durons and athlons is how hot they run.
make ABSOLUTELY sure your heatsink/fan is seated properly. [H]ardOCP often
runs pictures of what happens when you make this mistake... make sure your
case has plenty of airflow too.
as for motherboards, i use an A-Bit KT7A for my 600, which makes
overclocking simple and easy. and with 512mb of PC133 ram, you really can't
go wrong... the 750 runs on an MSI K7T-Pro, which isn't nearly as sweet,
but seems rather stable. MSI is pretty flaky about which drivers to use for
which motherboard (it was a pretty viscious battle getting the onboard sound
working!) so i personally wouldn't reccomend them.
$0.02
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Barrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:24 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [EUG-LUG:2182] Re: MP mobo's, AMD athlon, and more digressions
> you can bet i'm going to save my pennies for a quad athlon MP board...
> well, if anybody other than Tyan starts making the mobos...
>
Yes, me too -- the benches so far look great; just wait until there is
good competition within the MP athlon market! 4th quarter... maybe.
I really like both the k6-2 tech and the older athlon stuff, since it is
way cheaper and also well-debugged and stable, as well as there existing
some very refined mobo's, that are quite optimized and also have good
overclocking control via bios.
Does anyone on the list use these?? I feel relatively fast to be near
500mhz but also am in the dark ages, ha. Hopefully I end up with a small
cluster, which should handle all sorts of needs. And here is the
gratuitous link to finish my silly message with:
http://www.transmetazone.com/products.cfm#servers
Yeah, this contrasts the position of amd athlon a great deal, but I still
think they're way cool!!! NEC's CS56 would make a nice countertop piece,
quiet and cool (built-in ups), and the Philips S10LP-TC Net Display (near
the bottom of the 'components' section) would be my choice for a wearable,
wall- or couch-mounted thin client (built-in touchscreen lcd on single-
board computer). I wish crusoe had even a tenth of intel's market share!
I've heard not-good things lately... well have fun with that folks.
cheers
ben
