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In article <Jan.7.11.06.12.1993.11754@staccato.rutgers.edu> xchen@staccato.rutgers.edu (Xinghao Chen) writes:
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>In purchasing a mother board, I have to make a choice amoung the following:
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>1. A 386DX/33 mother board with 64KB cache. There are 8 RAM module
>   slots. The price is about $170. In the normal mode, it is about 
>   18MHz. In the turbo mode, it is at 52 MHz. This board has a
>   socket for a math co-processor. 
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>2. A 486SX/25 mother board with no cache. Also 8 RAM module slots.
>   The price is about $200. In the normal mode, it is about 22 MHz. In
>   the turbo mode, it is at 84 MHz. I was also told that I can late
>   update to 486DX/50 (the mother board has a socket for a 486DX/50 chip)
>   by pluging in a 486DX/50 and upgrading the crystal. 
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>It seems to me that choice 2 is more cost-effective. The only thing
>bothers me is the fact that it has no cache on the mother board.
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>I may use the PC for running MicroSoft Windows 3.1, load it with
>MicroSoft DOS 5.0, do some image captures (grabbing), practice with a 
>relational data base packege, play with multi-media application such
>as viewing TVs and games.

I would take the 486 even if there is no cache. The 486's are really 
double as fast as a 386. The 486 probably doesn't even need a 
on-board cache becuase it has internal 8k. The 386 has a 256 byte 
cache I think. 

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>Wath would be your choice? 
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>Thanks for your advice. Please reply by email.
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>  -Chen    xchen@caip.rutgers.edu
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