Xeons

[Skiing Squirrel]

Im looking around pricewatch, and I find p3 667 xeon for 54 bucks. Pretty good deal, but I don't know anything about xeons. Are they good chips? I looked into the overclocking database, and none of the chips are overclocked, so I assume that they can't be overclocked. Can I use them in a regular mobo? Sorry for these super n00b questions, but I use amd chips. Im looking at building a server, and the idea of having intels in it just seems like a good idea, becuase I heard they run alot cooler than the xp's.

[cack01]

Basically they are made for servers, or high end work stations. They can be o/c, but not many have them b/c of their rediculiously high prices. You need to get a XEON mobo, and usually they run in dual setups. From my knowledge, Xeons just have an extra big cache, when they are compared to a normal version of them such as in your case a PIII. Expect for the P4, which also has the added bonus of Hyperthreading.

[nipster]

Originally posted by Skiing Squirrel
Im looking around pricewatch, and I find p3 667 xeon for 54 bucks. Pretty good deal


pretty good deal at first glance, however
1. VERY few motherboards were made that support this chip (133 bus, low voltage)
2. the motherboards needed to run this processor are EXPENSIVE ($300+ even today)
3. The chip is a glorified coppermine in a slot 2 format (it only has 256k cache)
4. heatsinks are VERY hard to find
5. they cannot be overclocked (xeon boards do not allow overclocking)

so basically DO NOT waste your money

this chip will NOT run in any of the GX chipset xeon boards out there due to different voltage and bus speed needs (2v/133 bus) vs 2.8v/100 bus of the old p2/3 xeons. Only boards with i840 or serverworks chipset will run them

plus, why do you want to waste your time and money on what is basically a Pentium III 667 mhz?

[Skiing Squirrel]

Well, I was just asking. No harm in that.

[{PMS}fishy]

You could go with PIII-S chips. A bit easier to find, but expensize. Any dual Intel is expensive these days.

[Skiing Squirrel]

Oh, I posted this before the other thread I had about the amds.