Why is it that cobalt servers seem to be avilable in 400 Mhz and such when linux and windows are mostly going for above 1 Ghz? Just curious as to if the cobolt servers are used differently and such.

The Raq 550 uses a 1200Mhz CPU. What Windows and Linux servers are you referring to? Do they use a GUI?

I suppose the Cobalts have always used net based interfaces, avoiding the need for cpu intensive GUIs.

this is where I saw 300 Mhz CPU type of thing and thats what got me wondering.

http://www.skynetweb.com/dedicated/cobalt_raq.php

Cobalt RaQ 3 Server?

These servers are no longer produced by Sun (Cobalt), but they are still good workhorses....

1 300MhZ cpu will probably either be a Raq3. K6-2 300 chip

If you can find an obsolete K6-2 450 chip lying around, you can replace the 300mHz with it.

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If you can find an obsolete K6-2 450 chip lying around, you can replace the 300mHz with it.

Sure you can, but it'll still run at 300Mhz. :-)

The speed the CPU will run it is dependent on the motherboards ability to support the CPU, so techniclly it could run a 450 CPU but it would need a motherboard that can handle it, or else it would be a 450 running at 300 mhz.

Thanks for clarifying... :eek:

There's a mod to get the CPU to 500 MHz on a Raq 3. Search google and I'm sure you'll find it.

Just to be clear, you can't do that with a 300 or 450Mhz CPU. You have to buy a 500Mhz+ CPU.

Yep, you use a AMD K6-2 500 Mhz. I've had two Raq 3's with the mod for 6 months, but I also saw where someone shorted the MB. Use at your own risk.