Re: [PCI] 9600 board in 8600 case?

[Christopher Wood]

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Dunno if this makes any difference, gang, but that's a
8600 *Kansas* mobo that I'd like to transplant into a
7300 case.
   

The 8600 to /233 ("Kansas" ?) and the 8600 /250 and over ("Mach 5") are 
identical "raw" boards.

Identical "raw" boards and identical physical and power interfaces, 
obviously.

Generally, I recommend going with a lower speed 8600/9600, as these are 
much more forgiving with G3/G4 upgrades.

A /200 is my usual recommendation for upgrades.
 

I have had several 8600/300's and 9600/300's and a 9650/350's. I was 
aways a bit disapointed in these machines speed wise. Even with the high 
for the day clock speed and the 1 meg inline cache. I always thought my 
PowerCenter Pro 240 with 1 meg level 2 cache felt faster than any of the 
"Kansas" machines. I never did any real benchmarking though. The Apple 
machines were way more reliable though. I had the level 2 cache dimm go 
on PowerCenter's, PowerTower Pro's and PowerTower 180 and 200e's. Plus I 
hated the riser card set up on the PowerCenter Pro's.

Chris Wood
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