[geeks] Older Intel Processors

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Nick B. wrote:
> I was about to ask you what crack you were on, and where I could get some, but
> decided to do my research first.  This turned out to be a good thing, as the
> 2.4B ghz P4s had the better 533MHZ bus, which saves them from the... lets call
> it "special" memory speed original P4s were famous for.  I'd tend to avoid the
> entire P4 line, as there were many huge potholes, and it's not worth the
> effort required to figure out which variant any particular P4 happened to be,
> and the Core2 chips are quite cheap and amazingly fast for intel procs.

No.  They are definitely not cheap.  I'm talking about getting a 
motherboard, CPU and memory for roughly $100.  If you can tell me where 
to get a Core 2 for that little, I'd be happy to be corrected.

Peace...  Sridhar