dell poweredge 4200 question

[krakhead]

I have a dell poweredge 4200, dual 333 mhz P2, 384 megs ram, 3 - 9 gig scsi ,ami raid card. it has a 66 mhz fsb. could i get a slot 1 to sockey 370 convertor and run dual 700 mhz celerons? the 700 mhz celerons have a 66mhz fsb, so it should work? also can you run the cerlerons dual? im new to dual cpu systems . any help would be nice. thanks.

[David]

You will have to check the board manual to see what it supports. AFAIK only Cellys up to 366MHz are SMP capable.

Motherboard support permitting, I think your best bet is dual P!!!s.

[krakhead]

what p3 runs at 66mhz fsb.? thats all the board supports. all i use it for is my web site and file storage. but i figure if i could find a faster cpu to put in it i could use it for a game server

[David]

Originally posted by krakhead
what p3 runs at 66mhz fsb.? thats all the board supports. all i use it for is my web site and file storage. but i figure if i could find a faster cpu to put in it i could use it for a game server

Doh, sorry, forgot that you could only use a 66MHz FSB. I doubt you will get much faster than PII-333s or Celly-366s in that machine.

Depending on the PSU, could you not possibly replace the board with a dual S370 board that supports 100 or 133Mhz FSB and stick a couple P3s in it? It would cost a bit more though.

[krakhead]

ya i thought about that. it has a 700 watt psu in it. im sure that it could handle it lol. i was trying for a low cost solution. but i guess that ill have to stick with the dual p2 for awhile yet. thanx for the info .