From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 8 10:09:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02292 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:09:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA02283 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:09:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id KAA21209; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:07:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:07:39 -0700 (PDT) From: rick hamell To: "W. Maynard" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommendations for an AMD k6 motherboard In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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