[Gllug] dual cpu mobo

Alan Peery peery at io.com
Thu Oct 14 22:40:54 UTC 2004


Ben Fitzgerald wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm thinking about buying a dual cpu mobo. I'd be looking for
>something that can handle a minimum of two 1GHz cpus.
>
>Other nice to haves are the ability to monitor the h/w status
>through lm_sensors.
>
>Please note that this is not just a speed thing so don't just
>warn me about the fact that it won't be anywhere near twice as
>quick! ;-) I'd like to learn more about running smp.
>
>Any suggestions/tales of woe greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>  
>
If you don't need it to be quiet, buy an old compaq server.  I bought a 
nice  400 Mhz dual processor box for £400 a year ago when Divine went of 
of business.

Alan
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