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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.

Excuse me, I should have clarified that with the VX (read CHEAP if on
budget) chipset there is not much room for upgrading. Only up to
200mmx. I also received an e-mail about my post (I believe to the
wrong person, should have been sent to original poster) that in Texas
a VX board and Cyrix 166+ was available for around 110 bucks, with
similar performance in iP133. Just another thought!

>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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