Reply 20 of 34, by ynari
Having used a dual slot 1 system for years I can thoroughly recommend using a socket instead! The default Intel coolers were horribly noisy with their tiny fans, and after I eventually found some third party replacements, it was somewhat quieter but still limited by some sub par thermal transfer pads.
If you were lucky, and had an OEM system with a fanless pentium 3, it was somewhat more pleasant - but the main fanless dual slot 1 systems I know of used a lot of other fans to cool the system, resulting in lot of noise.
I never quitened my system fully, because tower cases were still expensive, the one I had needed better cooling, and two slot 1 CPUs plus a FireGL 8800 (Radeon 8500) created a lot of heat.
AGP will probably be limited to 2x speed if running on a slot 1 system, 4x at best. There shouldn't be a problem running 3dfx cards under XP.