[SunRescue] we're all just spoiled (was: re: IPC)

[CyrusM.Reedreedc at cc.wwu.edu]

IIRC, the 1meg cache chips only run on certain *expensive* (well, maybe
not anymore) motherboards.  I know my PR440FX board won't.  It 1MB
cache does run at full CPU speed though.  The new Xeon chips have up to
4MB of cache at CPU speed as well, IIRC, but they are significantly more
expensive.  512k cache chips can be had for around $75 (try
www.compgeeks.com), and they should work in the same boards that the 256k
cache chips do.

-Cyrus

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Ken Hansen wrote:

> Bill,
> I'm still waiting for a parts update on these $89 wonders... ;^)
> 
> Seriously, I've noticed recently that 200 Mhz PPro CPUs w/1 Meg cache are
> selling for about $130... Not that Iwould suggest you dump your perfectly
> good PPro 200 CPUs with less cache for these, but that is one *heck* of a
> lot of CPU for $130... The cache, IIRC runs at system speed, and may be the
> largest on-chip cache size available in X86-land...
> 
> HighTech Cafe has these CPUs for about this price.
> 
> Bill, did you take note of any of the system parts when you built this up -
> was the adaptec SCSI built-in or a PCI card? How is the 32 Meg RAM
> configured - one SIMM? Ram expansion slots? What OS are you running on your
> little box? Are you running IDE or SCSI HD (it looks like IDE based on the
> size/cost cited below)? Did you get the Kingston SCSI sled for $10 more?
> etc.
> 
> I promised some friends P133+ machines, and I'm thinking I might just get a
> few of these to satisfy that promise (I *could* part with my misc.
> Frankenstein boxes, but they are not that stable...).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
> 
> (PS I just wrapped up that Proxim RangeLan/2 card for you - it will be in
> the mail tomorrow!)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 6:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] we're all just spoiled (was: re: IPC)
> 
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 04:43:32PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > I'm using a 200Mhz PPro box right now at home that cost me $89 with 32mb
> > of RAM - I added a 6.4gig HD (~50), Matrox Millenium 4mb PCI video
> > card ($17), and an old IDE CD-ROm drive I had laying around ($10).
> > The only other thing I added was another 96mb RAM, which I traded some
> > other parts for.  So, my total expense on this box was around $175.
> > Monitor?  I've got a 14" Packard Bell that does 800x600.  Keyboard and
> > mouse I dug out of my junk drawer.
> >
> > So, instead of going out and blowing at least $500 on what some people
> > would call a "decent" home PC box, I spent around $200 on a PPro200
> > (overclocked to 233 "just because") that does the job just fine, including
> > Netscape, SSS, and MP3s (the only things I "need" a computer for at home).
> 
> 
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