Needed: Motherboard and CPU Recommendations

I'm looking to upgrade my home built computer and would like some feedback as to which board and cpu combo would work best. My current system is as follows: Abit BX6 rev 2 with a 400mhz celeron 20 mg ide hard drive 40 mg ide hard drive 256 mg pc100 ram 40x cdrom Voodoo 4500 video card Sound Blaster Live Value I have two options. I can put up a 700mhz P3 in it or upgrade the board and cpu. If I replace the board and cpu I would like to go with the Athlon 1+ gig processor. Any input on which board would be best would be greatly appreciated. Input on who to buy through would also be helpful.

Allen, I just upgraded to a T-Bird 1.333/266 and a Asus A7V133 Used 256 mb Crucial PC-133 ram and two Western Digital 30gb hard drives a Visiontek GF3,Toshiba 40x speed cd-rom and a SB-Live X-gamer. I bought the cpu,m/b and hd's from www.newegg.com everything else was drafted over from my old computer. Newegg has a good rating from www.resellerratings.com everything shipped the next day and had it the next day after that. I got the Swiftech MC-370 OA heatsink and fan from http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ also highly rated and very quick service. Everything I bought was all pretty proven stuff and I had no problems with the upgrade. Just make sure you get the latest VIA 4 in 1 drivers and watch what PCI slot you put the SB Live in and get the latest SB drivers.Any other questions let me know. Good Luck Jim "Allen McColley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01c0f460$d8b2ad00$86ee0f41@cl3056738-a...

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> I'm looking to upgrade my home built computer and would like some feedback > as to which board and cpu combo would work best. My current system is as > follows: > > Abit BX6 rev 2 with a 400mhz celeron > 20 mg ide hard drive > 40 mg ide hard drive > 256 mg pc100 ram > 40x cdrom > Voodoo 4500 video card > Sound Blaster Live Value > > I have two options. I can put up a 700mhz P3 in it or upgrade the board

and > cpu. If I replace the board and cpu I would like to go with the Athlon 1+ > gig processor. Any input on which board would be best would be greatly > appreciated. Input on who to buy through would also be helpful. >

Hi Allen, I just bought 1.3gig T-Bird on an Iwill KK266 board. I also ordered 256MB of PC133 RAM, but I beleive the MB will support PC100. I got the MB/CPU/RAM from a place called Multiwave Direct http://www.mwave.com I purchased one of their "barebones" system, so everything came installed in a case (which I needed anyway). While I was on my spending spree I also picked up a Voodoo5500 card for $120. The MB/CPU/RAM/case cost $500 but has since gone down in price. I pulled my Maxtor HD and Sound Blaster X-Gamer out of my old box and installed into the new one. Everything is working great so far. I did have some problems with the original V5 card they sent, so I sent it back and they replaced it no problem. (While I was waiting, I threw in my old 16MB Voodoo3000 and even that thing rocked playing GPL!) Hope that helps. Gary Allen McColley wrote:

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> > I'm looking to upgrade my home built computer and would like some feedback > as to which board and cpu combo would work best. My current system is as > follows: > > Abit BX6 rev 2 with a 400mhz celeron > 20 mg ide hard drive > 40 mg ide hard drive > 256 mg pc100 ram > 40x cdrom > Voodoo 4500 video card > Sound Blaster Live Value > > I have two options. I can put up a 700mhz P3 in it or upgrade the board and > cpu. If I replace the board and cpu I would like to go with the Athlon 1+ > gig processor. Any input on which board would be best would be greatly > appreciated. Input on who to buy through would also be helpful.

Wow, sounds like you've pretty much got the same as me. Definitely go the Athlon and kt133a chipset mobo. You'll probably be able to use your pc100 ram at 133mhz, but that isn't definite. Worst case, you can always get the 200mhz fsb chip and just run at 100mhz ram, to save on costs. V3 with tbird=mega frame rates :) You'll probably get the tbird and mobo for nearly the same price as a 1ghz p3 anyway! On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 23:58:12 -0500, Gary Stephenson <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi Allen, > >I just bought 1.3gig T-Bird on an Iwill KK266 board. I also ordered >256MB of PC133 RAM, but I beleive the MB will support PC100. I got the >MB/CPU/RAM from a place called Multiwave Direct http://www.mwave.com >I purchased one of their "barebones" system, so everything came >installed in a case (which I needed anyway). While I was on my spending >spree I also picked up a Voodoo5500 card for $120. The MB/CPU/RAM/case >cost $500 but has since gone down in price. I pulled my Maxtor HD and >Sound Blaster X-Gamer out of my old box and installed into the new one. >Everything is working great so far. I did have some problems with the >original V5 card they sent, so I sent it back and they replaced it no >problem. (While I was waiting, I threw in my old 16MB Voodoo3000 and >even that thing rocked playing GPL!) Hope that helps. > >Gary > >Allen McColley wrote: >> >> I'm looking to upgrade my home built computer and would like some feedback >> as to which board and cpu combo would work best. My current system is as >> follows: >> >> Abit BX6 rev 2 with a 400mhz celeron >> 20 mg ide hard drive >> 40 mg ide hard drive >> 256 mg pc100 ram >> 40x cdrom >> Voodoo 4500 video card >> Sound Blaster Live Value >> >> I have two options. I can put up a 700mhz P3 in it or upgrade the board and >> cpu. If I replace the board and cpu I would like to go with the Athlon 1+ >> gig processor. Any input on which board would be best would be greatly >> appreciated. Input on who to buy through would also be helpful.