New Mobo

[bigdawgfoxx]

I need a mobo that has Sdram capabilities...PC100...thanx

[bigdawgfoxx]

oh and by the way..id rather spend 14 more bux and get the 2500XP with twice the L2 Cache lol...

[Shiranai_Baka]

Man, you either like to help people and start topics or you just want to get your posts # up lol.. well get the ASUS a7n8x mobo.. its pretty good... i guess

[bigdawgfoxx]

haha umm i love helping people and getting helped...i dont care about post lol

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@31 July 2003 - 20:47
I need a mobo that has Sdram capabilities...PC100...thanx

Oh fck, I thought your sig said PC2100.

Damn, okay, well, that throws things out of wack, but here is a different combo.

AMD 2200XP + = 80 bucks

MSI Mobo. 45 + 5 shipping = 50 Bucks.

And that Motherboard does have some overclocking features, but its just FSB changing I believe, and in testing it can go up to 141-145 and still be stable in windows.

Well, thats 130, and I have some benchmarking for you on processors.



CPU Test Chart, 2002

Okay, and with the chart, although it doesnt include the 2.4 Celeron, its too recent, so lets crunch some numbers here, The Northwood 2Ghz Celeron is about 30 points below on average than the Northwood 2Ghz P4, just like the 1.7 Celeron, ran 30 points less than the 1700XP (although different cores).

So you can figure out where the 2.4 would probably fit in.

[bigdawgfoxx]

that board only supports up to 1800 lol..i can do the research..but thanx for all of your help

[_John_Lennon_]

ugh, fuck, i hate low end boards.

[mogadishu]

You should seriously consider getting a bet motherboard. it will save you money in the future. i.e - not having to update it later, will last longer, better memory etc. etc.

[adamp2p]

Dude, are you kidding me?

Shine the celeron, dude!

Sorry about the super long post. Maybe we need a pinned about L2 cache.

"Let's start with the basics. In the computer world, cache is a place where stuff is processed or reserved separately from other processes.

A Web browser cache is a store of images from Web pages that is kept so they don't have to be downloaded each time a visitor returns to a page.

A disk cache is an area of the hard drive, which is reserved to process data. It's often used when a computer runs out of main memory.

Memory cache is a kind of memory made of high-speed static RAM or SRAM instead of the slower and cheaper dynamic RAM or DRAM, which most of us usually just refer to as RAM or random access memory.

Memory caching is used because many programs use the same data over and over again. Cache is where instructions that are reused are kept by the microprocessor. By keeping frequently used information in SRAM, the computer avoids accessing the slower main memory (DRAM).

Where you hear people refer to a computer's cache, it usual means they are referring to Level 2 or L2 cache. It is cache memory that is outside the processor chip.
Some memory caches are built into the architecture of microprocessor chips. The 486 chip, for example, contains 8K of memory cache, and the Pentium has a 16K of cache. Those internal caches are often called Level 1 or L1 caches.

The Celeron chip is a cheaper chip because it has 128K of L2 cache built into the chip. The Pentium II and Pentium III cache is 512K in size and is external to the chip itself.

The Pentium Pro, however, has an L2 cache on the same chip as the microprocessor.

Data is transmitted from the processor chip into main memory through the L2 cache. This stops a data bottleneck. L2 cache that's 256K in size can handle the cache functionality for up to 64Mb of DRAM. 512K of L2 cache handle caching for up to 128Mb of RAM."


So basically, larger cache size means that your processor has to go to memory less. Memory is multitudes slower than cache.

Definately don't get ANOTHER celery chip...AMD is bang for buck. Period.

See if you can afford the Barton line that is dual channel compatible with 333 or 400 fsb.

[ilw]

i think bigdawg's got his heart set on a celeron