Cyrix CPU-i kno i kno they are crappy

[CT2TXtech]

Hey guys,

I have a quick question. Does anyone know what kind of motherboard i can use that will fit a Cyrix MMX 333 CPU. Can i use a PIII board, or AMD? I am trying to save money and keep using this proccessor on my second machine. I really dont want to put anymore money in this system. Or should i just get off my high horse and get another CPU-i know they are pretty cheap. Advice?

 

[Nohr]

I believe you need a Socket 7 motherboard for that CPU.

 

[Peter]

You need a socket-7 mainboard. The MII-333 came in several flavors, 4x 66, 3.5x 75, and 3x 83 MHz, 2.9V usually. Read what's written onto it, and grab an appropriate mainboard.

 

[yodayoda]

Originally posted by: jamilsipes
Hey guys,

I have a quick question. Does anyone know what kind of motherboard i can use that will fit a Cyrix MMX 333 CPU. Can i use a PIII board, or AMD? I am trying to save money and keep using this proccessor on my second machine. I really dont want to put anymore money in this system. Or should i just get off my high horse and get another CPU-i know they are pretty cheap. Advice?

dude, i would take a hammer to that chip. you can get a duron 600 for $20 from the FS/T forums and then can use any Socket A board. hell, you can get a AthlonXP 1700+ and ECS K7S5A for $69 at fry's. to get a socket 7 board with no features will cost you money and will have absolutely no performance.

 

[Peter]

These days you don't have to pay even for the late, 100 MHz bus enabled socket-7 boards ... plenty lying around at folks who think like you do.

MII-333 on such a board, given enough RAM, is good enough for the usual computing tasks like word processing, surfing the net and all that. One can slap a working system together for easily below $100 from leftovers.