Tom Brinkman wrote: > Yes, with 1.4 Tbirds selling for $120, and equaling the perfomance > of 2 gig Pentium 4's just out. Seems like the best deal, no?. Maybe > not. Processor mhz aren't everything. Most all peripheals, including > the harddrives still run on the 33.3mhz PCI bus. Despite all the > hoopla 'bout D(ouble) D(ata) R(ate) this and DDR that, including AGP , > and Win-RAID, and <whatever> the current advertised fad is ... > everything still runs thru the good ol' slow 33.3mhz PCI bus. > Tom, I sort of feel like I know basic hardware stuff, I've built a few of my own comps from scratch and thought I knew the lingo and basic concepts, but when you talk about everything having a 33.3mhz PCI bus what does that mean? Is that the same thing as the 100/133/200/400 mhz bus people talk about on processors/boards? I have a PIII 866 with a 133 bus. Any enlightenment you can dish out is much appreciated. Gratefully, Isaac
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