Re: what cpu to buy?

[Kit Halsted <kit_(_at_)_kithalsted_(_dot_)_com>]

At 8:14 PM -0700 7/29/02, Marc Matteo wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 20:50, Joshua Steele wrote:
> >  This is more of an opinion question, but what type of CPU would you buy to
> >  run a OpenBSD workstation.
>
> Ugh, this is horribly OT
<snip>

This brings up a question I've had for a while: is it really OT? Or, 
to put it differently, is there a more appropriate forum for 
questions regarding hardware on which to run OpenBSD? With all due 
respect to Mr. Goren, STFA doesn't work if these threads don't come 
up frequently: the hardware just changes too fast & that great 
Cheapotron XL-99 10/100 card with the 21143 chip from 2 months ago 
may be shipping under the same name with a Realtek 8009 Lite chip now.

I have a client who keeps saying they're going to buy a server any 
day now. They've been on the verge of purchasing it for 6 months now 
& since the original quote, processors have gotten faster, become 
unsupported by the motherboard I spec'ed, & become supported again. 
The motherboard in question is an MSI K7 Master. I'm going to have to 
spec a newer model if they don't buy soon & I'm likely to ask for 
suggestions here if I don't know of a better place to ask.

-Kit
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