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XP Professional or 2000 Professional?

Use whichever you are most comfortable with. I'd pick Windows 2000 Pro if it's going to be a workstation type machine, because that OS is "lighter," but XP Pro might be better if it's going to be a general purpose box (i.e. to be used with digital cameras, scanners, etc.).
 
I agree with jliechty. Even though I have all my home systems with XP, it really depends on what you are going to do with it. I have XP on all mine so I can use the connect to feature and get into all my systems from my main one.
 
For the most part I agree with jliechty. But of the two I would choose XP Pro. Both are rather slow, why not get the one with more power 🙂?
 
On a side note I also received a k62 400 mhz processor and mobo today, can I just use generic thermal grease? Do I need to cover that whole monster heatspreader?
 
Originally posted by: jliechty
Use whichever you are most comfortable with. I'd pick Windows 2000 Pro if it's going to be a workstation type machine, because that OS is "lighter," but XP Pro might be better if it's going to be a general purpose box (i.e. to be used with digital cameras, scanners, etc.).
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I'll just ditto that. I use 2K Pro but I don't have a digital cam or scanner.

 
Well, i've installed Win2k Pro, and now i'm trying to figure out how to get SOB to run on both processors....

Do I have to install the normal client, then run the SMP one as well?
 
The Sob service from Mathguy automatically detects dual processors, that is what I use. And yes you are using the SMP client correctly.
 
Originally posted by: LyNx01
On a side note I also received a k62 400 mhz processor and mobo today, can I just use generic thermal grease? Do I need to cover that whole monster heatspreader?
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I had a K6-2 400MHz system a long time ago (well, I still have the processor, but the motherboard is dead), and it came with the heatsink attached. IMHO, it would be wasteful to use Arctic Silver 3 or something like that on it. 😱
 
Originally posted by: jliechty
Originally posted by: LyNx01
On a side note I also received a k62 400 mhz processor and mobo today, can I just use generic thermal grease? Do I need to cover that whole monster heatspreader?
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I had a K6-2 400MHz system a long time ago (well, I still have the processor, but the motherboard is dead), and it came with the heatsink attached. IMHO, it would be wasteful to use Arctic Silver 3 or something like that on it. 😱
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I used the generic stuff that comes with GC68s 😉 🙂

She's up and running, i'll probably add another stick of 512 to her tomorrow.

She's one loud beast, two Volcano 6cu+ HSF's! What do you think of two Thermalright SK7's w/ 80mm YS Tech VS Fans? Would they be too heavy?
 
I'm running XP on all my machines, even my K6-2 380MHz laptop, and they are all quite nippy. But now that you've got 2k on there, then I guess my opinion on this doesn't count 😉

I too would use the Mathguy service handler, as that detects and installs multiple CPU systems, as well as monitoring the client, and restarting it if it hangs. It's alsp useful if you use multiple users on the box, as it will load up before any users are logged on. I don't see any real reason why you shouldn't use the Mathguy install on ANY system you run SoB on! 😉


Garry
 
Originally posted by: Confused
I'm running XP on all my machines, even my K6-2 380MHz laptop, and they are all quite nippy. But now that you've got 2k on there, then I guess my opinion on this doesn't count 😉

I too would use the Mathguy service handler, as that detects and installs multiple CPU systems, as well as monitoring the client, and restarting it if it hangs. It's alsp useful if you use multiple users on the box, as it will load up before any users are logged on. I don't see any real reason why you shouldn't use the Mathguy install on ANY system you run SoB on! 😉


Garry
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Nothing says I wont reformat. 😛

Downloaded the service handler tonight, very nicely done. Works great for the dually!

I can't stand multiple users on a computer, it just bugs me.

She seems to be running pretty smoothly. About 185kcem/s out of each processor 😀 And I put SoB on my boss' new dell 2.2ghz p4! I told him it was a good way to burn in the computer 😉😉 He knows nothing about computers, haha.
 
Most of my machines have between 256meg and 512meg. My CS server has a Gig. 😀 The server also gets pressed into service for video rendering when needed too. 😉
 
Originally posted by: LyNx01
Originally posted by: CraigRT
Win2K for sure... I am not an XP fan at all.

give it loads of memory and it will run kickass.
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How much would you consider "loads" of memory?
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give'er a gig and it will run like a champ... for the price of Generic memory thesedays a gig will only cost you somewhere around $100 if you are lucky.

right now I can buy 512MB of DDR333 for $68 (CANADIAN) which is like $50 USD or less!
 
I'm a big fan of Win2KPro, but I have a client that uses XP, and he (a dentist) just bought an expensive digital camera and flash card reader. He wanted to be able to take pictures of his patients teeth, then copy them to CD-ROM so he can stick the CD-ROM in their case file. After he tried loading the software that came with the card reader, (which didn't work) I used the built in features of XP to create a simple process to read the pics and burn them to CD. It was painless and smooth, and even he can use it. I was impressed by how easy it was to use.
 
Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
I'm a big fan of Win2KPro, but I have a client that uses XP, and he (a dentist) just bought an expensive digital camera and flash card reader. He wanted to be able to take pictures of his patients teeth, then copy them to CD-ROM so he can stick the CD-ROM in their case file. After he tried loading the software that came with the card reader, (which didn't work) I used the built in features of XP to create a simple process to read the pics and burn them to CD. It was painless and smooth, and even he can use it. I was impressed by how easy it was to use.
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There are times that XP does what it is supposed to do! I also use XP for just this reason. I did not even load any software for my card reader, windows did it for me. Then all my wife needs to do is pop in the card and pow off she goes! It's great. I have slowly turned into an XP fan. You have to go through and do a little tweaking to get it to run faster, but after you do it is worth it. I run all my home systems on XP Pro, until I get time to build my server which will probably get server 2000, but 2003 is very nice also!
 
i have a k6-2 400 just sitting in a case with mandrake installed. i just dont want to plug it into my bedroom since i have too much plugged in there already
i just need to remember to snag some rj45s and cat5e from work and plunk it out in the living room and let it crunch on somethin. not seti though. too slow for it...so im open to suggestions.
oh and back on topic. XP professional would be my choice. i use it on my home rig and i likes it.
will run for a week straight without a hitch.
 
Originally posted by: gistech1978
i have a k6-2 400 just sitting in a case with mandrake installed. i just dont want to plug it into my bedroom since i have too much plugged in there already
i just need to remember to snag some rj45s and cat5e from work and plunk it out in the living room and let it crunch on somethin. not seti though. too slow for it...so im open to suggestions.
oh and back on topic. XP professional would be my choice. i use it on my home rig and i likes it.
will run for a week straight without a hitch.
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Seventeen Or Bust would be a nice project to run 😉😉😉
 
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