PII XEON 400 MHz

[KidViciou$]

dont know if this was posted, but i saw over at the geeks they have one for 79 bucks

PII Xeon 400MHz

 

[Cybordolphin]

Hmmmm how well do these overclock...? Anyone?

 

[KidViciou$]

heh heh heh, i dont think you want to overclock this. i posted it in case anyone wants to build a home server, only thing is i think the boards cost an arm and a leg

 

[Trifecta]

If you do some searching, you can find some good PII XEON SLot 2 Mobos for around 200.

combine two of those P2400 Xeons and you would have a bad a$$ server.

 

[dakata24]

cool. thanks for the info. i got a compaq sp700 workstation with 1 p2 xeon 400 in it right now and been dying to add a second to make use of this dual mobo.

 

[HellRaven]

Also note that these are system pulls. It comes with a 30 day warranty, which isn't too bad. Means you can return if it is DOA but there may be restocking fees and of course shipping fees. You will also need heatsink/fan combo for it - make sure you get one that works with the secc2 interface that the Xeon uses.

 

[rigor3]

hehe my web server at work is quad xeon 550/2mb with 2gb of ram fun box. running BSDi (of course!) kicks much ass

 

[Kwad Guy]

CompGeeks only has (had?) three of them in the first place. So
if you want one, you'd better hurry.

As for fans/heatsinks, you need a SPECIALIZED heatsink for the
Xeon. Forget about standard SECC2 heatsinks. The Xeon needs a
massive heatsink that covers the entire "plate" side of the
large Xeon package. Potential good deal alerts about that:
HiTechCafe.com has Aavid Xeon heatsinks for $12. JustDeals.com
has generic Xeon heatsinks with 2 fans for $15 (plus ridiculous
shipping; they've changed their shipping rates yet again).

The fans for the JustDeals heatsink are not integrated with the
heatsink, and you need to find a place to mount them near the
Xeon. In other words, they're bogus. There are apparently some
integrated heatsink/fan designs for the Xeon, look around. And if
you're running dual Xeons, you need to make sure you even have
room for a fan of any type. (If you're running quad Xeons, then
you almost certainly are running in an Intel designed server
cabinet with its own built in heat dissipation for the
processors. In this case, all you need or even want are the
heatsinks themselves.

Note also that the CompGeek PII Xeons are 400Mhz/512kb cache.
These chips come in 512/1mb and 2mb cache versions. In the PII
series, even the 2Mb cache chips are only about $200-250. Personally
I'd go with those if you're gonna bother with Xeons.

Now if you hop to PIII Xeons, then you pay through the nose for
even the 512Kb cache processors, and through several other
orifaces if you go higher...!

Kwad

 

[Stevem627]

THere are several places selling Xeon chips cheap...just do a search in Pricewatch. I bought two 450 with 1 MB cache for something like $85 each recently.

 

[Cknyc]

is there much success in overclocking these guys. I would think that the 400 could do 448 via 112 mhz bus and the 450 do about 500.