New system for granny?

Aug 25, 2000
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New to her. I'm putting a system together for my grandma from some old parts I have. I have a slot 1 board and a p233mmx. Anyone ever heard of a socket 7 to slot 1 adapter? If so where can I get one. She's probably not likely to play Counterstrike or UT so this system is perfect for her.
 

hans007

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nope no socket to slot adapter like that exists the chipsets and bus aren't right. just get her and old slot1 celeron, try forsale forum
 

Ulysses

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If it's in the budget, pick up a cheap P3 like a 450 or a 500 ($100 + or -).
 

Goi

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The P233MMX won't work with a Slot1 board since Slot 1 boards are meant for P/P3/Celerons. Depending on what chipset your slot 1 board uses, you might be able to slap a cheap Celeron in it.
 
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Seriously, even though she won't be playing any games and the like I doubt she wants to wait 4 or 5 seconds for IE to open, it gets irritating.

Why start her off at the bottom? Get a 500+mhz CPU and 64MB RAM at least.