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bbandsb@pacbell.net (Bruce Beisel) wrote:

>In article <62o0vd$bvk@camel12.mindspring.com>, ixlr8@SPAMmindspring.com 
>says...
>> Yes you'll need another mother board. Any name brand board should do
>> the trick, since it seems you're not interested in cutting edge
>> technology. Unless your old 486 m/b was PCI you'll probably need a
>> video card and unless you had 72 pin SIMMs in your old board you'll
>> probably need new memory also.  Others in this newsgroup might advise
>> you differently, but if your on a budget, a VX board, k-5 133, and 32
>> megs of EDO should be obtainable for a little less than $300.00,
>> pretty good bang for the buck, but not a whole lot of room for
>> upgrading in the future.
>
>I disagree.  There is a whole lot of room for an upgrade.  If he gets a 
>decent HX, TX or VP3 board that supports 75 and 83 Mhz bus speed and up 
>to 4.0X multiplier he can upgrade to a 333 Mhz processor.  Considering 
>that the K5-133 runs at 100Mhz, I'd say there is lots of room to spare.
>
>See http://sysdoc.pair.com for information about motherboards, CPU and 
>memory.
>
>BTW, I'd wait another 2 weeks.  CPU prices are due to drop again.  I've 
>heard numbers like 25% being kicked around.  That should lower the K6-166 
>down to about $110.
>
>> mmkc@ace-net.com.au wrote:
>> 
>> >hello,	I'm going to upgrade my 486/DX to P133. Now, I know that I'll
>> >need to get a new CPU but do I need to get a new motherboard? And, I
>> >don't know what brand or kind it is. If so, could someone please suggest
>> >me a good brand? And, what other parts do I need to upgrade?
>> 
>
>-- 
>
>Bruce Beisel
>bbandsb@pacbell.net
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I recently bought a motherboard inclusive of the 5x86-133 from AMD and 16MB
RAM for $178.  That's not the best price possible, but considering you then
have the entire system core functioning or your money back, it's worth it.  

I've struggled with the BIOS swap and adapting the motherboard, but find it's
too much trouble for the $20-30 you might save.

The board I got is widely available as a VIP board, having one VLB, 3 ISA and
4 PCI slots.


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