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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?
> 

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Bruce Beisel
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