[thecheeseofmanynames]

I just picked up an old p3 server(compaq proliant 570) upgraded to 5gb of ram, yes 5gb. it also included 6 18.2 gb scsi drives, but only 1 p3 700 mhz. all for 40 bucks.
my question is I found a lot of 4 p3s pulled from similar machines on ebay for 10 bucks, do they have to be *matched* to run togather? how are matched cpus different anyway.

thanks
cheese

btw ram is 8*512 + 8*128

 

[error10]

They have to all be the same processor model and preferably stepping (just check the S-Spec on the chip and make sure they all match).

 

[money11465]

They should be fine as long as they are the same model. Like error says, same stepping would be ideal, but not really necessary.