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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    Re: APM and SMP
From:       Isaac Connor <iconnor () undergrad ! math ! uwaterloo ! ca>
Date:       1997-09-17 20:40:28
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I am very happy.  Let me be more specific.  I am _very_ **happy**.

Um, the cooling system is actually a standard pair of relatively
half-decent cpu fans..and one main fan in the p-supply (which is 200watts
ancient, used technology in my ancient full-tower case).

Um, being able to clock from 133 to 200 is _amazing_.  So I am happy.  The
speed here is incredible.  However, I would suggest to you to think  about
the Tomcat IV, as it has the beefed up power converter for >p200 MMX.
Other than that, this board is great, and has an amazing memory bandwidth.
On another downside, Tyan produces standard boards, and so doesn't have
the > 66Mhz bus speeds that other boards have.  But it is a very good
quality board (and very cheap, I got mine for $309 after tax, canadian.).

Isaac Connor
iconnor@uwaterloo.cax


> > My system is a Tyan Tomcat IIID with 133's overclocked to 200...
> > 48 Meg RAM
> > IDE HD's
> > BIOS at 4.01E (or whatever the version is if I guessed it wrong).
> 
> On an unrelated note, are you happy with this system?  I am seriously
> considering buying the Tomcat IIID board.  Temporarily I would be running
> a pair of 100's I scrounged from elsewhere, until I could afford nicer
> processors.  But I can probably overclock them to 133.  What kind of
> cooling system are you using for those processors!?!  
> I'm arguing with myself as to whether to buy a P200 and motherboard
> (slightly more expensive) or to buy this Tian Tomcat III and drop in the
> pair of P100's.  My primary use of Linux is compiling, playing games,
> experimenting with servers (though they never really get loaded down) X &
> apps and various multi-media type programs.  Trying to figure out what
> makes sense for me. 
> Thanks, :)
> Peter
> 

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