Soyo motherboard question...

[jonnyjack]

hey,

right now at fry's they have this deal:

Soyo SY-5EMA+ mb
AMD K6-3 333mhz
ATX case...for $99

does anyone have experience with this motherboard? i just want to know if it is a stable board or not...i don't plan to overclock or anything...TIA

 

[Vegito]

Not bad, but for like 50 bucks more, you can pack a duron with 10000000% faster speed... well not that fast but a lot faster..

 

[pamchenko]

go with the duron setup, I was a k6x something user and hated every minute of it...and believe me, adding more memory doesn't help

 

[jonnyjack]

last time i built a system was like 2 years ago...i used a AMD K6-2 350...i'm building another one for my bro...i need a cheap set up and i thought this would be a good way to go...i haven't kept up with computer news lately, so i don't know what duron is...can you tell me? and about how much would it cost?

 

[Supergax]

www.tcwo.com has Duron processors ranging from $59 for a 600Mhz to $104 for a 800Mhz. To put it simply, Duron is to an Athlon as what a Celeron is to a Pentium III. It's fast and cheap, and performs almost as well as it's more expensive counterpart (and it will smoke a K6-3). I have used the Soyo K7VIA for Athlons, Soyo 6BA+100 for Pentiums, and soon to use the socket a Soyo K7VTA for Athlons/Durons. However, this board is around $108.00, making the total price higher than the range you have specified. The extra money will go a loooooooooooooooooong way though, and upgrading will be easier in the future with a newer generation board/processor. You can find the board at www.mwave.com, as well as many other socket a boards.