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Started by James Eibisch
Sat, 26 Nov 1994 18:57
QDI motherboards - are they any good?
Author: James Eibisch
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 18:57
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 18:57
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GMT Organization: home Reply-To: jeibisch@revolver.demon.co.uk Followup-To: X- Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 Lines: 19 I'm going to build up a 486DX2/66 PC, and my local supplier is selling QDI motherboards - 256KB cache, VL bus, 4x30 pin and 2x72 pin SIMMs. Price is UKP63 excluding value added tax of 17.5%. I'll be using this board with an Intel 486DX2/66 CPU, a CMD enhanced IDE controller, a Connor 420MB drive, and maybe a Diamond Steath 64 graphics card (haven't decided on the graphics card yet - whatever runs Doom the fastest :-) I've never heard of QDI until now. Does anyone know anything about them? If anyone does, I'd really appreciate any comments or opinions about them, including... can they be overclocked safely and reliably to 80MHz, how do they perform compared with other boards, any known problems etc. Thanks for any help! If anyone wants to comment on the other bits in this setup, feel free - I've never done this kind of thing before *bites nails* -- James Eibisch Reading, England
Re: QDI motherboards - are they any good?
Author: Thomas F Lee
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 10:48
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 10:48
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In article <785876224snz@revolver.demon.co.uk>
jeibisch@revolver.demon.co.uk "James Eibisch" writes:
> If anyone does, I'd really appreciate any comments or opinions about them,
> including... can they be overclocked safely and reliably to 80MHz, how do they
> perform compared with other boards, any known problems etc.
Just my 2p worth - if you want a faster board, why don't you just get
one _now_? Overclocking can, and often does, work very well. But some
motherboards do not really take to being overclocked - if you want a faster
board, now is probably the best time to get it. If you really want speed,
why not look at a PCI/Pentium M/B?
My 2p worth.
Thomas
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Re: QDI motherboards - are they any good?
Author: James Eibisch
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 16:20
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 16:20
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In article <785933299snz@psp.co.uk> tfl@psp.co.uk "Thomas F Lee" writes: > In article <785876224snz@revolver.demon.co.uk> > jeibisch@revolver.demon.co.uk "James Eibisch" writes: > > > If anyone does, I'd really appreciate any comments or opinions about them, > > including... can they be overclocked safely and reliably to 80MHz, how do > they > > perform compared with other boards, any known problems etc. > > Just my 2p worth - if you want a faster board, why don't you just get > one _now_? Overclocking can, and often does, work very well. But some > motherboards do not really take to being overclocked - if you want a faster > board, now is probably the best time to get it. If you really want speed, > why not look at a PCI/Pentium M/B? 'Cos I ain't got much money. Well, not enough to buy a Pentium board anyway ;-) Going by my local suppliers' prices, a 60/66MHz Pentium board and a 60MHz Pentium chip is 2.5 times the price of a 486DX2/66 board and chip. I understand that the increase in performance in this case would not really be that much either, so the 486 seems the best value for someone on a tight budget like me. Overclocking to get more performance would be nice, but isn't actually essential for me. -- James Eibisch Reading, England
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