[NTLUG:Discuss] CPU History

[Chris Cox]

David Simmons wrote:

> P6-4 (Pentium 4):  -10 to -50% speed increase (i.e. decrease) over P6-L2
> [ _Always_ slower MHz for MHz than P3 ]

I'll have to agree subjectively with this.  The P3 Xeon w/512K cache
based boxes I deal with are the fastest Intel based machines I've seen.
So much for the RAMBUS hype.  Intel has made getting PIII's very
hard... now we know why.

I haven't done any benches though.

My new AMD MP 2400+ is being built... probably the largest
home computer ever.  I'll let you know as things progress.

Lian Li PC-78 SCA
2xMP2400+
1G Reg ECC (Corsair 2x512M using the 64M chips)
6x73.4 Atlas 10K III (possibly RAID10, I will bench for
                       saturation using RAID0)
2x36 Atlas 10K III
DVD
Plextor CDRW 48x
Onstream (hopefully) 50G or 60G tape unit
Megaraid 1600 Elite w/128M cache (and battery backup)
Dual channel Adaptec 160 SCSI

NO WINDOWS! (apart from VMWare)

It's my first AMD... going all out on this one.

....mostly an e-bay project... total cost on this cheaper
than you might guess.