[plug] decent INTEL SMP boxes in Perth?

[Garry]

Let's think about this one..

~300+ ~150+ ~150= ~600.

Considering the Celeron 300A chips are essentially the same thing with a 4.5
multiplier ratio and a 100MHz bus, so long as the supplied heatsink and fan are of
good quality you should be OK, for less money..

But your point on reliability for a production system is a good one. There is no
guarantee that the overclocking will be successful, where if you buy a stock C450
chip you are guaranteed of the 450 MHz..

I would be interestd in hearing where the 450MHz is going for $150 ea in pairs
though, and the BP6 for $300...

Anyone had bad/good experience with the Abit or other m/b with dual Celeron chips?

Garry.

Matt Kemner wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Garry wrote:
>
> > I haven't used this, and perhaps if there is experience in the group, someone
> > might like to comment on reliablilty..
>
> Overclocking your CPU might be fine for a home machine, but for a
> production system, especially one where you are going to be doing
> CPU-intensive calculations, and you are going to want accurate results,
> it is a very bad idea.
>
> > There is a dealer in Manning (saw in the weekend paper) doing a deal with the
> > Abit BP6 m/b and 2 x celeron 300A chips for ~$500 I think.
>
> Seems a bit on the expensive side.
> The BP6 can be bought for about $300, and you can buy 2 Celeron 400A's for
> about $150 each.
>
>  - Matt