making a multimedia server....

[QwertyJuan]

making a machine to stream audio to my home stereo... have two options here...

an old DFI mobo with dual p3 450's

an old Asus mobo with an 800eb

What do you guys suggest I use?? I have both of these in the closet doing nothing...

QJ

 

[marley1]

From my understanding if all this is doing is storing the files, you really do not need much power.

But i would imagine the dual 450 would lead a little bit over hte single 800.

 

[dirtydr]

Either machine would do the job just fine. I'd probably go with the 800eb because it is a coppermine core.

 

[P3N1X0R]

whats the benefit of havbing a coppermine core?

i have a p3 733 coppermine core cpu.....it runs my mp3 server, yes a whole server dedicated to serving up 200GB+ of mp3

i also have a celron 766, probably coppermine core as well...dont know where i got it from to be honest, and i also do not have a home for the celry766....

guess its a moot point, but which would be better for servin up mp3's, and the box does a bit of folding as well...p3 733, or celron 766....folding im guessin faster mhz, but in practical daily use....either cpu would be just as good wouldnt it?

 

[dirtydr]

Coppermine, aka 'e', is the core that replaced the Katmai. It had 256k on-die L2 cache that ran @ full speed unlike the katmai's (512k off-die running 1/2 cpu speed) and got a step down in voltage. Also the 'b' models had 133fsb support.

afaik all the cellerys back then were coppermines too but the 300Mhz had no L2. Those things were friggin' dogs. But the 300A w/ 128k came along and changed everything. Just change the fsb jumpers to 100Mhz and you had a 450!

between a cellery 766 or p3 733, with no o/cing factored in, I'd go with the p3 because of the higher fsb and 2x the cache. otherwise you might be able to get that cellery up to 1150Mhz as easy as changing a few jumpers. its unlikely the p3 could overcome that kind of mhz defecit. from a practical standpoint, yeah its all old gear so it will run as such.

to the op, id use that dually as a webserver

 

[P3N1X0R]

cool....as it is now im using the p3 to run my mp3 server, and my cely 766 is sittin in bubble wrap...but u say i could hit over a ghz on that peice of junk 766 huh...66mhz fsb likely..

yes my p3 is a 133fsb and it does have 256k of cache

and yea, no overclocking...the p3 733 on the tyan board, well board isnt OC friendly, and as a full time running machine, id rather not have it overclocked, just run stock and stable.

 

[QwertyJuan]

I know all about the Cumine and Katmai cores etc... I've had TONS of each...

300a @ 495
333a @ 416
566a @ 953
700e @ 933
800eb @ 900

Just my personal machines as well as MANY others for other people.... chances are, the 800eb will blow the dual 450's outta the water at almost anything, but if all it is doing is serving up MP3's, chances are, I could run other apps at the same time and get better performance over the single 800eb. Just wanted a few other opinions is all....

QJ

 

[dirtydr]

chances are, the 800eb will blow the dual 450's outta the water at almost anything,

Indeed it will. I'd be looking at as less fans (to crap out), less heat/noise more performance but that is merely my perspective. I'd try and press that dually into service running multithreaded apps if possible hence the suggestion to go for a webserver