7 May
2018
7 May
'18
9:07 p.m.
On 05/07/2018 07:52 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote:
Yeah, but didn't the GX (and KX) have some pretty
serious bugs until
really late steppings? Same to a lesser extent with the NX. The BX
(and FX) however was very reliable, as I recall.
I can only speak for my SuperMicro dual slot-1 P3 board and 440GX. 2GB
of server memory with both CPUs running at 1GHz. Never a hiccup on
either XP and Linux.
I can get the things to run at 120MHz FSB, but any higher than that, it
gets squirrely. But then 440 was rated only for a 100MHz FSB.
Yeah, me too. Great chip with a long useful life. I
ran a couple of
Intel PR440FX based machine for years past their expiration date
because they kept up with the load and just wouldn't die.
P3s are a dime a dozen, still, so paying a premium for PPro doesn't make
much sense today, unless someone just *gives* you a system.
I can tell you what *not* to buy--I've got an FIC board with an Intel
820 chipset and used to have a server board with an 840 chipset.
RDRAM--runs hot, expensive and not much better than much
cheaper-find-it-under-your-bed-cheap SDRAM. And the 820/840 was
well-known for infestation of bugs. Why Intel ever went down that
road, I'll never know.
Great machine; built like a tank. Much better quality
than the
Xpress. I had an XL 6200 (200Mhz PPro) for many years and still
regret getting rid of it. Lucky you you got yours back. The HP Vectra
XU was also pretty nice.
It's hard to beat old Compaq stuff. I've got an
old Deskpro tower with
a P3 (upgraded with a slocket to 1.4GHz). 440BX chipset Nice
thing--the expansion cards are on a slide-out sub-chassis. Heavy
bugger, though. I liked some of the old HP towers as well for ease of
access.
--Chuck