Got a couple of 1.6LV SL6XK's on the way, should I use an Asus PC-DL or NCCH-DL, and more questions.

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I got a couple of these coming from ebay. They are not the ones from PCslurpus' hot deal. They are a newer stepping that I have heard can hit 200Mhz FSB as well as over 3.0Ghz. This machine will be used as an everyday machine. Light gaming, heavy multitasking, ripping, encoding, reencoding and all that good stuff.

I understand neither of these boards have a PCI/AGP lock, so how is it that peopl are able to run 200Mhz FSB without causing problems? I am mainly an AMD guy, but wanted a dual rig, didn't want old school MP's and opterons proved too expensive, so I am going with these Intel Xeons, but don't know much about them.

I am looking for info and reviews for the boards, but was hoping others with experience with them could help me out.

 

[Hanpan]

A good place to start is www.2cpu.com

 

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Originally posted by: Hanpan
A good place to start is [L url=www.2cpu.com]2cpu.com[/L]

Yeah I know about 2cpu, but they can be a little slow over there, and figured I would post here to see what kind of responses I can get. I haven't posted there yet, but am reading other posts.

 

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Actually from what I just read, mayeb the newer revision motherboard have a working PCI/AGP lock?????