CPU PCI card upgrade for P90

[lbmcleod]

I was thinkin about upgradin my oldold P90 system, its a Compaq 7170, i know its now really worth it but i have heard about those PCI/ISA card upgrades which are basically cards with CPU, memory and onboard graphics etc. Are there any flaws or problems to these and can any1 reccommend 1?

thanks

 

[tkdkid]

Well I don't know of any, but I would be surprised if you could find one at a cheaper price than a new motherboard, duron processor, and ram would cost you anyway. You may get lucky and find a used one someplace, but for $200 or so you can have an all new system, move over the hd and drives and you're all set.

 

[CapsLock]

You can try to find something here:

http://www.hantz.com/ASP/NewProducts/Produkte_3.asp?ProduktID=391&CID=1

but i'd rather buy a new MB / CPU / combo. or simply upgrade with pentium to MMX (p54c) support and get an P233mmx,

cheers!

cAPSlOCK

 

[techwanabe]

If his computer is anything like the ones we have at work (not Dells tho) he'll probably need a whole new set up. Most of those old P90 computers didn't have an ATX case so he may need a new case. Plus, if you match an old hard drive up with a new system, you talking about another major bottleneck. It would almost be better to build a new system and use the old hard drive for secondary storage, reuse the floppy, maybe reuse the CD ROM drive. Systems that old are not very good upgrade candidates. If the case IS ATX, then try for a new mobo/CPU/mem combo for it. You could get an amazing speed boost for dirt cheap.

 

[RickH]

Powerleap makes one-----http://www.powerleap.com/Products/Ren370S.htm But don't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!! The performance will be very poor. It removes the processor as the system bottle neck and just shifts it to something else, like your 3000RPM hard drive or the fast page memory. Junk the system and try to pick up a used PII 400-500 for less than the adapter. RRR