7/6 Anyone knows of a good AT-form factor (not ATX) motherboard for
use with Pentium IIIs or Celerons? I want to upgrade an older
system (166MMX) and need to change the motherboard for a faster
CPU but my computer case is for AT type motherboards, but they
seem to be a dying breed. Where can I find a good one of those?
Asus P2B-B, I believe.
\_ Asus P2B-B, I believe.
\_ Anus P2B-B, I believe.
\_ So you're going to keep your 5 y/o video, disk, and other crap
and just replace the cpu/mb? And you'll get top notch performance?
No. You're wasting your money. Either up to a K6-2 300 or just
buy all new everything. I upgraded my p5-166 by copying my
personal data to a newly purchased p3 system and installing unix
on the p5. Amazing what a decent little server a p5 still makes.
\_ DO NOT get a K6-2 300. They're defective. I've attempted
4 different linux/BSD installs and they ALL crash. That
machine is still collecting dust. Fuck AMD.
\_ Yep. Must be the AMD. Couldn't possibly be any of the
other hardware or something you fucked up. Fuck AMD.
\_ Right. That's why AMD offered to replace them for
awhile, but then refused to exchange mine.
Obviously because other hardware was fucked.
\_ I had lots of problems with AMD and Cyrix. Save yourself
a headache now or later... go with Intel, linux is
developed on it. Also, watchout that the 3com ethernet
card is the exact one specified as supported. I once
got a 3com905b instead of a 3com905, and it wasnt
supported. Get an intel etherexpress, and save headaches.
-- have 5 linux machines, have intel stock
\_ I can upgrade other stuff when there is a need. Right now,
I think if I don't upgrade my motherboard, I may not be able
to find any AT motherboard later. Upgrading the cpu/mb to
say a celeron is cheap too. My 4mb diamond stealth vram is old,
but it's good enough if I just run unix and don't play games.
2 gigs of HD ain't bad. I also really like my solid steel
mini-tower case from pcpowercooling and ain't ready to
dump it yet. I am getting a Dell because I don't want to
build a new system from scratch anymore, but I want to keep
my old system useful for a few more years, hence the mb/cpu
upgrade. Thanks for your advice though.
\_ Point being that you're not going to get that much out of
it so you're wasting money. Graduate, avoid grad school,
get job, buy new hardware, be happy.
\_ Nah, with maybe $130, I can make it a very decent unix
box. Why spend $800-$900 for a new entry level PC? |