Re: [News] $149.95 Linux Desktop (2.8 GHz, 180 GB, 256 RAM, nVidia nForce2)
- Subject: Re: [News] $149.95 Linux Desktop (2.8 GHz, 180 GB, 256 RAM, nVidia nForce2)
- From: Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:03:16 GMT
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[H]omer wrote:
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Hoes do the giants feel about that?
See it to believe it. It's even better than the subject line
indicates!
http://www.k-ossystems.com/cgi-bin/kart/index.php?p=productsMore&iProduct=30
Wow, take away the KMS and you have a near $100 2.8GHz box.
I can see me having a Beowulf cluster by Christmas!
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K.
Except the FSB isn't as advertised. It's a 400, not an 800. Socket A,
5.1 AC97 sound (via SmartSense jacks), and the claimed /clock/ speed
isn't 2.8, it's 2.2 at best using a Sempron 3000+ and up (Palomino
clocks at 266fsb, Thoroughbred cores clock at 266/333fsb and Bartons and
Semprons at 400fsb on this board). The board is fairly old as boards go,
notwithstanding its NForce2 chipset it doesn't possess a dual channel
memory controller.
Other than that, it's a very decent system for $150. Put me name down
for a dozen.
--
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Use a hammer.
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They serve no particular purpose
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When you push them down the stairs.
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