johnsebastianbach

The power goes out!!! My servers don't like it too.

GFCI.

Now that is amazing.

2600rochester.com irons : If you have to ask why, then you shouldn't be going to one.

The hacker meetings, not the game system. I go to the ones in rochester.

Anyone else go to 2600 meetings?

Oh funny guy.

I need an embedded OS that is capable of running on a 486 computer with very minimal RAM usage. It has to be able to act as a web server.

No it was me.

Overclocking: Budget System and mid range 965 based board is your best bet here. They'll give the headroom needed to overclock the slower E6300 and E6400 CPU's. Due to their low stock multipliers (7 and 8* respectively) high FSB is required to push these chips. You need to be aware of the lack of downclock memory dividers on the 965 chipsets however. You'll need to get some decent memory to really push your CPU. The recent release of the 650i chipset also adds another option here. These board's are cheap and overclock well. 500 FSB is about the max which is 3.5ghz on a 6300. If that's enough for you then the 650i's are worth considering. The boards also offer async memory overclocking which means you can spend MUCH less on ram. PC2 4200 would be an option with this board, though it tends not to be much cheaper than PC2 5400. PC2 6400 is a good bet, if you can't stretch this far 5400 memory should be good for 400 FSB. Spend as much of your budget as you can on decent memory. Mid to Higher end Here, mobo choice depends on CPU choice and how far you want to push things. If you choose a lower multiplier chip (ie 6300 or 6400) then again plump for a 965 based board. If you pick a higher multi CPU (ie 6600 or faster) then the 975 board maybe the best bet. These boards tend to celing at around 430-450 FSB giving a shade over 4ghz from an E6600. As above, 650i is another option in this bracket. Ram choice isn't quite as important here if the budget doesnt allow. Of course you can run upclock dividers on the memory or drop the CPU's multiplier to fully overclock your ram if required. If you choose an X6800 CPU then the Nforce 570 board maybe a consideration too. Due to the unlocked multipler, the overclock shouldnt be limited by the low FSB's achievable (around 330 max). ========================= Reccomended Systems: Budget/mid Range - E6300 or E6400 Gigabyte DS3 or Asus P5B "vanilla" 1GB PC-5400 GSkill ZX Mid/High E6600 or 6700 or Higher Asus P5B Deluxe or Asus P5W DH 2GB DDR2 XP2-5300 Mushkin Extreme Performance (default rated 3,3,3,x) Budget/mid Range Overclocker - E6300 or E6400 Gigabyte DS4, Asus P5N-E SLI or Asus P5B "vanilla" 1GB PC-5400 GSkill ZX Mid/High Overclocker E6600 or Higher Asus P5B Deluxe or Asus P5W DH, or Gigabyte DQ6 (Possible P5N-E SLI)! 2GB GSkill HZ 6400, Geil C4 6400 or Corsair C4 6400 Note the C4 Corsair no longer uses D9 IC's. It's using Promo's which don't clock as well. This is also the case for C4 dominators. C3 dominators are still using D9 based IC's . Look for memory with default voltage over 2.0v if you can. This tends to indicate D9 xxx based IC's from Micron. These overclock REALLY nicely. Bit uses Corsair C5 8500 and the 6400 C3 in testing - both are capable of 3-3-3-9-1T at with 2.2V at DDR2-800 with ease. Another option is the now rare Crucial Anniversary 5400, which should run 500+ FSB without any issues. Will hold tight timings at 400 FSB also. Cellshock and Team Xtreem modules are also great performance wise, and certainly worth a look at along with the Crucial over GSkill and the Corsair sticks if budget allows. Current batches of Geil have been a bit hit and miss, and could be worth avoiding if you can afford something better.