Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:07:39 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: "W. Maynard" <mark@functional.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommendations for an AMD k6 motherboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980808100112.21143A-100000@dsinw.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980808045356.3671B-100000@polaris.functional.com>
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> AMD K6, 233 MHz > 32 M 72 pin EDO SIMM 8x32 ( x 4 = 128 mb RAM) > 6.4 GB Quantum SCSI HD > Matrox Millenium II 8M PCI > NEC 24 X SCSI CD-ROM drive > Adaptec 2940UW SCSI PCI > > Any recommendations for a motherboard? Note that am I interested in > overclocking the k6. Also, any other comments regarding this > configuration are welcome. I just upgraded one of my computers to an AMDK6-233. I used the Soltek SL-54U5 motherboard. It's capable of taking all the K6 3D chips. I also added SDRAM instead of SIMM, better performance by far, and around here it's cheaper, or at the amounts you want to put in, real close in price. Also, I personally prefer the ASUS SC-875 SCSI cards over Adaptec, simply because they're easier to install under FreeBSD, and seem to run quite a bit faster (as do most all ASUS products.) BTW, overclocking CPU chips is a bad idea all around, you don't usually get that much more performance for the risks you run in instability of the system as a whole. If the chip had been meant to go that speed, the manufacturer would have labeled it that speed! Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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