Paul Davis wrote: > > >I can afford either dual Athlon 1,2GHz with EIDE disks, or single > >Athlon 1,53MHz with SCSI Ultra160 disks. Any idea which would be best > >(the post below emphasises the importance of SMP). > > i would try to get a dual motherboard with onboard SCSI. don't use > SCSI for now; upgrade later if you need it. dual CPU's is going to > make your life much nicer than SCSI will, i believe. OTOH, i've never > used IDE/ATA/EIDE so its hard for me to know :) > > --p
Just avoid i840 chipset SMP motherboards, the IO-APIC is defective. I would agree that getting a dual that supports U160 and buying SCSI later would be ok, but if future SCSI disk activity is not possible at a later date, I'd give up dual and go for a very fast single with U160. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
