best proc for the $$?

[jer22]

i'm upgrading one of my rigs, i've got about $175 to spend should i look at the athlon, duron, celery, or intel products in the 1gig range they're all about the same price w/ mobo. which is the best all around proc? oh, and while i'm here, what is a via c3? is that the same as the od cyrix i heard people were'nt to fond of? jer

 

[Thrlskr]

No pro here but I have seen lots of talk about the P4 1.6A. It will O/C to the 2.2 range or better.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

You could do a AK31A and 1.4T-Bird for 182$ (includes S&H) from Newegg and have a very fast system which should do between 1.54 and 1.6ghz for certain. EDIT: I neglected that you may not have DDR already, in which case I'd recommend the K7S5A so you can use your SDRAM and a 1700+XP for $ 176.95 includes S&H to Texas

 

[DAPUNISHER]

<< No pro here but I have seen lots of talk about the P4 1.6A. It will O/C to the 2.2 range or better. >>

I believe he means 175$ to spend including a board.

 

[Retro2001]

Duron 1.0ghz are about $47 at newegg.com and most will do 1.33. Damn fine deal.

Peace,
Will

 

[jer22]

yeah, 175 for the whole shmeel( what's a shmeel) anyway your right dapunisher no ddr, all pc100 and 133. i read a post earlier that said that board had some probs with sound or something. can that be disabled? so i can use my sb card? thanx for the replies. jer

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Yeah the on-board sound on the K7S5A is marginal at best and requires powered speakers so just disable it in the bios and any other settings like com ports, on-board modem as well and pop in your SBlive. BTW, you can use DDR or SDRAM and it takes every XP made so your upgrade path is brighter that way as well.

 

[jer22]

cool, and i shouldn't have any probs running win98 1e? this is my 1st upgrade in a series. first the box then the os. thanx again for the replies, jer

 

[Thrlskr]

Sorry about that, I didn't read to well...

 

[gunf1ghter]

If dapunisher is referring to o/c of the conventional 1.4 gig Tbird, just make sure that you have very good cooling... that chip consumes almost 80 watts of power, all by itself!!!! And that is before you o/c it at all.

Personally I would rather have an XP 1700 for $105 with an affordable cooler over the 1.4 tbird.

 

[jer22]

i don't plan on oc'ing, just want faster and stable, the xp 1600 or 1700 won't have a prob with my win98 1e will it? i'm really leaning toward the k7s5a + xp1700. i remember my k6-2 had a memory loop prob with win 98 1e. worked around it in dos, can i still do that or not? jer

 

[gunf1ghter]

You shouldn't have a problem......

just upgrade to win2k or winxp as soon as you can... win98 is suck.

 

[jer22]

thanks for all the help folks. now all i need is a faster net connection!! 24.6 really sucks!!!! jer

 

[jer22]

well it's official, just ordered a xp1700 & k7s5a. wish me luck! i still haven't figured out how to tell what gig the amd proc's are 1700 should be 1.3 or 1.4 gig shouldn't it? jer

 

[rky60]

AthlonXP 1700 = 1.47GHz