I've been trying to get some money for an upgrade and while I really don't have much, I'm gonna at least try and get a couple of the parts, especially memory while it is still cheap because I doubt it will get any lower.
I was thinking off upgrading my cel 550 (see sig) to a 1.2ghz Tbird. The Tbird C chips are a bit more expensive that the regular 100mhz bus ones but I'd like to get 133mhz fsb one so it's faster. I'm pretty sure that if you have a KT133A motherboard and a regular "B" unlocked Tbird, that you can change the fsb to 133mhz and set multiplier accordingly and have the same as a "C" Tbird. That's right isn't it?
If so, how do I know which Tbird's are unlocked. I'm looking at a 1.2ghz or maybe even a 1.1ghz but no less than that. What's the best value?
Then to the motherboard. I want a KT133A one. The MSI K7T-Turbo is quite cheap but I'm hearing some problems about it and the Pro2A. Actually I hear lots of problems on many KT133/A boards but seems to be most on this. I don't want an Abit either. The Epox 8KTA3 is a good price but is it a good stable board? Then there's the AOpen AK73 ProA and I remember the Aopen AXBC or something BX boards being very stable. I'd like an ASUS A7V133 since they seem to be good but that's getting a bit pricey for me. Finally theres the Iwill KK266. Good price, haven't heard much about it. I don't need RAID, I don't think I'll be overclocking. I don't even care if it doesn't have ATA/100. I want a stable board with no multiplier problems. Oh yeah and cheap too. Looking for opinions, especially on the MSI K7T-Turbo.
What about the hs/fan? Most of the cpu's I see are retail. There's the gorb but I hear those aren't good for Socket A cpu's. Since I won't be o/c'ing I don't think I'll need a Alpha thingie. Well, maybe I might just bump it up if the mobo allows overclocking but I won't be going for big overclocks. So what's a good, somewhat-cheap fan?
I want to try a get the 256mb ram (might as well get that much), mobo, Tbird, hs/fan at one time. Then I can wait and save up more money to put this Abit BE6, 366@550, 128mb PC100 ram to upgrade my P166. All I would need is a case I think.
Sound like a good upgrade? DDR is out but is it really worth it? Thanks.
I was thinking off upgrading my cel 550 (see sig) to a 1.2ghz Tbird. The Tbird C chips are a bit more expensive that the regular 100mhz bus ones but I'd like to get 133mhz fsb one so it's faster. I'm pretty sure that if you have a KT133A motherboard and a regular "B" unlocked Tbird, that you can change the fsb to 133mhz and set multiplier accordingly and have the same as a "C" Tbird. That's right isn't it?
If so, how do I know which Tbird's are unlocked. I'm looking at a 1.2ghz or maybe even a 1.1ghz but no less than that. What's the best value?
Then to the motherboard. I want a KT133A one. The MSI K7T-Turbo is quite cheap but I'm hearing some problems about it and the Pro2A. Actually I hear lots of problems on many KT133/A boards but seems to be most on this. I don't want an Abit either. The Epox 8KTA3 is a good price but is it a good stable board? Then there's the AOpen AK73 ProA and I remember the Aopen AXBC or something BX boards being very stable. I'd like an ASUS A7V133 since they seem to be good but that's getting a bit pricey for me. Finally theres the Iwill KK266. Good price, haven't heard much about it. I don't need RAID, I don't think I'll be overclocking. I don't even care if it doesn't have ATA/100. I want a stable board with no multiplier problems. Oh yeah and cheap too. Looking for opinions, especially on the MSI K7T-Turbo.
What about the hs/fan? Most of the cpu's I see are retail. There's the gorb but I hear those aren't good for Socket A cpu's. Since I won't be o/c'ing I don't think I'll need a Alpha thingie. Well, maybe I might just bump it up if the mobo allows overclocking but I won't be going for big overclocks. So what's a good, somewhat-cheap fan?
I want to try a get the 256mb ram (might as well get that much), mobo, Tbird, hs/fan at one time. Then I can wait and save up more money to put this Abit BE6, 366@550, 128mb PC100 ram to upgrade my P166. All I would need is a case I think.
Sound like a good upgrade? DDR is out but is it really worth it? Thanks.
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