-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Aaron Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I am going to upgrade my home network server from a Pentium 4 S478 1.7 Mhz > > to > a S775 MB with 1066 FSB. > > I don't want to spend a lot of money. Is a Pentium D okay as a CPU for > > this > or should I go with the next one up? > > Celeron not good either? > > > > I'm assuming that you're not going to use this as a "compute > server" ... something that you submit computationally intensive > tasks to from other machines. > > On that assumption, to maximize your benefit/cost ratio, you > want to use as cheap a CPU as you can find (because even slow > CPU's are thousands of times faster than the fastest disk > drives), and lots of memory. Further improvement comes from > having lots of small (in today's world) disk drives instead > of one huge disk ... many disks = more track-seeks that can > be performed simultaneously. > > Don't buy into the propaganda that CPU speed is the primary > determinant of system performance...and that a "server" > needs the fastest thing out there. File serving is NOT a > CPU intensive task, and printing is a task which CAN BE > CPU intensive but is also feeding to a tediously slow > physical device....and no CPU in the world is going to > speed up your printer. > > > -- > > Keith Boykin > > You are what you think - so always think positively! > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I'm sorry. I went and checked and it has a P3 S478 20 Celeron Processor. I have had it so long, I forgot what was in there. No no CPU intensive task. Just to be able to have the kids all connect simultaneously to store and retrieve their stored work from their mobile laptops. I already have the mobo (P4M800PRO-M v2.0), but don't have a CPU. I have enough memory to put 768 MB RAM in it. I also have a P4 2.4 Ghz on a mobo that is _not_ SATA and could also put the RAM in it. Before I start to swap out, which is better? Thanks, Keith Boykin You are what you think - so always think positively! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
