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Scotttheking · Jan 5, 2004, 10:43 PM

I don't like being passed.
So I picked up a little something.

In case it's hard to read, from left to right.
XP 2500, duron 1.6gHz, XP2500

Dignan_OCC · Jan 5, 2004, 11:10 PM

Middle one = frys CPU mobo combo? I love those things...

Scotttheking · Jan 5, 2004, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by Dignan_OCC:
Middle one = frys CPU mobo combo? I love those things...

Middle and right.
Paid fry's a little visit today

Just need to get ram and video cards.
All 3 mobos have 8X AGP, and my old AGP cards won't work in 8X slots. Time to hunt down some PCI cards.
Should have em running this weekend.

I've never had a duron before, I'm curious as to how it will perform.

OneMacGuy · Jan 6, 2004, 12:27 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
Middle and right.
Paid fry's a little visit today
Just need to get ram and video cards.
All 3 mobos have 8X AGP, and my old AGP cards won't work in 8X slots. Time to hunt down some PCI cards.
Should have em running this weekend.

I've never had a duron before, I'm curious as to how it will perform.

Just when I sold off most of my farm! I did just add a 266 PII, does that count (not for much, about 9 points a day maybe)? Maybe I can visit the local computer stores and co-opt some CPU power that is lying around unused, hey it works for other teams that are about to be passed!

What kind of price did you get the combos for?

My experience with the Durons is that they are slower than the celerons, both pretty much suck, but both beat this new PII that I took in on trade!!!

OneMacGuy · Jan 6, 2004, 12:30 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
Middle and right.
Paid fry's a little visit today
Just need to get ram and video cards.
All 3 mobos have 8X AGP, and my old AGP cards won't work in 8X slots. Time to hunt down some PCI cards.
Should have em running this weekend.

I've never had a duron before, I'm curious as to how it will perform.

I've got more than a few PCI video cards lying around if you still need some, let me know....

Scotttheking · Jan 6, 2004, 12:32 AM

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
Just when I sold off most of my farm! I did just add a 266 PII, does that count (not for much, about 9 points a day maybe)? Maybe I can visit the local computer stores and co-opt some CPU power that is lying around unused, hey it works for other teams that are about to be passed!

What kind of price did you get the combos for?

My experience with the Durons is that they are slower than the celerons, both pretty much suck, but both beat this new PII that I took in on trade!!!

You sold your farm? How much of it, and why?

The one on the left cost me $100, the duron one in the middle was about $43 after tax, and the one on the right was about $145 after tax. Give or take a few dollars.
Add in the cost of ram for the 2 2500s at $23 each, and the cost of video cards for all 3, which should be around $5 each, and I've got 3 new systems. Was able to do it because I had the rest of the parts. Just trying to maximize what I've got.
I picked up the duron because, well, it was $40 pre tax, and at $50 for the whole thing, I can take a risk that it's not great. One reason I got it is to benchmark it.

I've got a new idea for a farm, involving netboot and a little more. I'll probably figure out how to set it up this summer, but it should let me bring systems online very quickly, and cheaply. I hope.

saru boy · Jan 6, 2004, 12:51 AM

Are you going to overclock them?

Watch out...once I get my 450mhz Cube on line, your time is gonna come. (In about 10,000 years, which is how long it'll take me to reach your point levels.)

Dignan_OCC · Jan 6, 2004, 12:58 AM

Actually the ECS will work with 3.3 and 1.5V AGP cards... I got a TNT2 and a Voodoo 3 both 3.3V cards doing there thing on those ECS. If it has a 4x AGP then it should support the 1x/2x/4x and the 4x/8x standards.

As for the Durons they are alright, not bad if the optimization -forceSSE is used, but $50 for a duron 1.8 and that ECS mobo, you can't go wrong. I have built all my duron folding systems for $100-110 with CD ROM, RAM, HSF, and case/PSU.

Scotttheking · Jan 6, 2004, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by Dignan_OCC:
Actually the ECS will work with 3.3 and 1.5V AGP cards... I got a TNT2 and a Voodoo 3 both 3.3V cards doing there thing on those ECS. If it has a 4x AGP then it should support the 1x/2x/4x and the 4x/8x standards.

As for the Durons they are alright, not bad if the optimization -forceSSE is used, but $50 for a duron 1.8 and that ECS mobo, you can't go wrong. I have built all my duron folding systems for $100-110 with CD ROM, RAM, HSF, and case/PSU.

Oddly enough this version of the board only has an AGP 4X slot, but it only takes 1.5 volt cards. All the other ECS boards I have will take 3.3 volt cards.

OneMacGuy · Jan 6, 2004, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
You sold your farm? How much of it, and why?

My farm really consists of computers that I have built for resale. I had more of them stacked up before Christmas than I have ever had at the house before. For some reason right after Christmas, most of them sold. Most of them did leave however, with the new owners knowledge and a decent discount, running the version 4 F@H client as a service. If they leave them on, my farm will still be running in seperate locations and the new owners will be paying the power bills to run them. I will be replacing them at home with newer systems as time and money permit me to build new ones for sale.

Scotttheking · Jan 6, 2004, 10:20 PM

whee!
Turns out the mobo I got with the duron can overclock.
Now I have to play processor switcharoo to get my 2200 Tbred in there. The 2000 won't OC much at all. Mobo doesn't support Vcore adjustments, but it should still give a nice boost for the 2200. And if that doesn't work, the 2100 can try

OneMacGuy · Jan 23, 2004, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
whee!
Turns out the mobo I got with the duron can overclock.
Now I have to play processor switcharoo to get my 2200 Tbred in there. The 2000 won't OC much at all. Mobo doesn't support Vcore adjustments, but it should still give a nice boost for the 2200. And if that doesn't work, the 2100 can try

What happened to all of that new hardware? School must be quite time consuming to not get that much new hardware out of the box and online!

Scotttheking · Jan 24, 2004, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
What happened to all of that new hardware? School must be quite time consuming to not get that much new hardware out of the box and online!

I think the bulk of my power lasted about 3 days before stuff started dying. And school is too busy to even look at it.
Feel free to zoom on past.

OneMacGuy · Jan 24, 2004, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
I think the bulk of my power lasted about 3 days before stuff started dying. And school is too busy to even look at it.
Feel free to zoom on past.

Sorry to hear that.

It is more fun when you have real competition. Hope your farm get sback on track real soon.

Scotttheking · Jan 24, 2004, 11:56 PM

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
Sorry to hear that. It is more fun when you have real competition. Hope your farm get sback on track real soon.

Not a chance

Went to work on my new mail server setup. Couldn't get into the box. Looks that that system failed as well. *curses*
You should be zooming past me now.

The Raven · Feb 3, 2004, 02:34 PM

Congrats to OneMacGuy for third place and soon second.

OneMacGuy · Feb 3, 2004, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by The Raven:
Congrats to OneMacGuy for third place and soon second.

Thanks, Raven, but I don't think I have ever actually passed you in anything yet! You always seem to find more power hiding in the closet (or down the hall on a friend's desk!) at the last minute. You and Scott are GREAT competitors!

You guys are the type of members that make this such a GREEAATT team!!!