the ecs k7s5a has 2 ddr and 2 sdr slots
make sure to get a good psu to go with it as it can be a bit picky about power
throw in a duron or low end axp and it'll make a nice stable little system
as far as i know raid 5 is only supported by hardware controllers, as calculating the parity bit would eat a bunch of cpu cycles
read through the AT ide raid guide, its a bit dated now, but the majority of the info should still be applicable
well..got my dvi to crt adapter today...no problems attaching it and visual quality is great
as for using two cards for dual displays, i used to use an old s3 vision 864 pci card to run a second display and had no problems running it with an agp card
just had to set the bios to initialize the...
colorcase.com has them for $9.99
i ordered one for my ti4200, but had to have it shipped to my house not my dorm, so i'm waiting for the package from my parents to show up
i'll update tommorrow to say if it sucks or rocks
p3 tualatins are smp locked
you have to get the p3s tualatins with 512k L2 cache
i'm pretty sure only the dual capable ones have 512k L2
so all coppermine p3s are dual capable, p3 tualatins must be the dual capable high cache variant
L1 cache ;)
but as to what i think you're actually asking about
pc1066 rambus has 4.2 GB/s bandwidth
dual channel ddr 266 has 4.2 GB/s bandwidth
ddr 200 is 1.6 GB/s
ddr 266 is 2.1 GB/s
ddr 333 is 2.7 GB/s
ddr 400 is 3.2 GB/s
as far as which chipsets support which:
granite bay(P4) and...
Compgeeks has some really cheap cases usually (sometimes sub $20) and shipping isn't that bad
their selection varies from time to time, but there's one cheap case they always seem to have
you'll probably want to replace the psu in it (unfortunatley they stopped selling it without the psu)...
"They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it,since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others"-Joseph Conradin Heart of Darkness
check the AT review, the benchies go back and forth between the two
from the reviews i've read so far the rating is justified, and AMD should be able to get a 3200+ model out of the core
the 2500+ model is more interesting to me..should be able to oc well and come in quite a bit cheaper (my...
buick beast- you can't use a single xeon in a p4 mobo, it uses a different socket
on a side note, the aero eng department here at iowa state has a nice new lab of dual ht xeon dell workstations w/ 2 gigs ram each and either128 or 256 meg graphics cards (can't remember which specific card)...
isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol is good
zippo ligther fluid (naptha) cuts through the goo quicker, then rinse off with isopropyl alcohol
it can be a pain to get rid of thermal pads with just the alcohol, so i reccomend using lighter fluid first then a quick wipe off with alcohol
$2 for the lighter...
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