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    #1

    dual p3 vs single p4

    Which would be faster for file compressing/F@H?

    A IBM Z-pro intellistation 6868 motherboard (AKA a Intel OR840) with dual 733mhz p3 slot 1's, Intel 840 chipset, 512mb pc800 rambus. (4x128mb)

    OR:

    A HP Vectra VL800 motherboard (AKA Asus P4T) with a single 423 Willamette 1.7ghz Pentium 4 with a Intel 820 chipset, same exact sticks of ram, pc800 rambus (4x128mb)
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    #2
    Re: dual p3 vs single p4

    370forlife,

    Why sticking with these ancient stuff? The P4 1.7 is no better than P3 and athlon 1.7 even 1.8, 2.0GHz are bouncing on the socket 423 stuff. Go little farther like socket 478 northwood (I picked up some 2.8C northwood for 30 or less last year, now 3.0C northwood should be in that range) and stay out of rambus stuff.

    Cheers, Wizard

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      #3
      Re: dual p3 vs single p4

      Me and my friend are just setting up a FTP server, we don't need anything special and both of those motherboards I have sitting around doing nothing. I have the computer completely built, all out of parts I had lying around. It currently has the 1.7 p4 in it, but I want to know if that dual p3 is worth swapping.

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        #4
        Re: dual p3 vs single p4

        comparison from fahinfo:

        for a single p3, so probably no big difference.
        the dual p3 probably sucks more power and runs louder.
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          #5
          Re: dual p3 vs single p4

          so, the trusty HP board stays then.

          It does have good caps, most are Sanyo OScons, the smaller caps are sanyo's and the really small caps are teapo.

          Though, the IBM has OScons, and all the rest are panny's.

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            #6
            Re: dual p3 vs single p4

            I don't know which would be faster,
            but just looking at it from a reliability standpoint, for an unattended 24/7 machine/server I'd trust the Intellistation Z-Pro more than a consumer model HP.
            Also, the Z-Pro probably supports more RAM upgrades.
            If you need more speed, you could probably upgrade the Z-Pro to 1GHz processors, but I'm not sure how much upgrade room is left on the HP Willamette.

            The big question for performance on the IBM is whether dual CPUs would be utilized much. I expect file compressing would probably need to compress 2 separate files at a time to make it effective.

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              #7
              Re: dual p3 vs single p4

              Thats what I was thinking.

              The IBM has the faster chipset, supports more ram (2gb vs 1gb on the HP) and with dual 1ghz each with their own 256K cache, it seems like it would be faster.

              The HP has the 1.7 williamette, and only up to a 2ghz with a 256K cache. Though, the Vectra series isn't really consumer level, more buisness/workstation board.

              And whoops- the IBM board is a M-pro 6868 board, not a Z-pro.

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                #8
                Re: dual p3 vs single p4

                ok...off the top of my head......and there's a post here somewhere....maybe....possibly.....where I think I compared my VP6 with two 1GHz P3s and 2GB of RAM to my P4 at 3GHz and 2GB of RAM......if I remember correctly (and please note that I do suffer from CRS) that the dual P3 box had better numbers than the P4 box.

                if I can find it, I'll post the link.....
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                  #9
                  Re: dual p3 vs single p4

                  Dual p3 all the way. I'd leave the ram as is. Its cheaper to buy faster processors than more rambus ram. You have 2 processors and you can set affinity which is a big help on a server. Better chipset will also provide better speeds. The consumer board will also be less reliable and on top of that its IBM vs HP.

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                    #10
                    Re: dual p3 vs single p4

                    Originally posted by 370forlife
                    Though, the Vectra series isn't really consumer level, more buisness/workstation board.

                    And whoops- the IBM board is a M-pro 6868 board, not a Z-pro.
                    Not very familiar with Vectras, but I think you're right, I mislabelled it. They seem to be more of a business machine, not consumer.
                    Not sure if they're on the same workstation level as an M-Pro, but I haven't dealt with them before.

                    I've had experience with a 440BX M-Pro and it's very reliable. Haven't dealt with a Vectra, but I have a 440GX HP Kayak which is comparable to the M-Pro/Z-Pro machines. Like the M-Pro, that Kayak is unstoppable and I'd make it a server without hesitation.

                    So from that narrow experience I'd say both IBM and HP make great workstation class machines, but I think the Vectra might be a notch down the ladder so I'd still go with the M-Pro myself.

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