Abit SH-6 motherboard

[old.Mikey]

I'm considering upgrading and I'm looking at this motherboard with a view to move to a P3 1GHz

I'm currently on a

C300A @450
Abit BH-6 motherboard
512MB RAM (Can only use 256MB due to motherboard!!)
GeForce DDR


I'm also looking at Athlons. I want to keep things like memory etc.



Mikey out!!

 

[old.TUG]

Naaaaaaaaaaah I'd go to an Athlon based system now m8, or even better; hold out a coupla months for AMD's new palomino chips and see which mobo's support 'em.

The P3 is dead. When I next upgrade, it's off to AMD for me.

Intel is overpriced and can't be OC'd enuff now.. When you see some of the latest TBIRDS with a certain stepping code going from 1GHz OC'd to 1500MHz with air cooling, you know AMD are onto somethin' good, specially with their prices.

 

[old.Mikey]

See ya point and am now thinking the same, spent the day looking into it. I'm gonna get my SCSI CD Set-up first and then look at moving, but as I've got a shed load of memory (PC100 unfortunately) I don't want to waste it either.

What I'm now thinking is Abit KT7A with a 950 Athlon, would be nice....


Mikey out!!

 

[Wij]

Memory is still pretty cheap atm. Best buy some new stuff cos the prices are starting to rise. We won't see prices like this for a loooooooooong time

 

[Testin da Cable]

indeed
infact I just bought 512 megs off of Tug's m8
runs great btw

 

[Wij]

A Crucial 256meg PC133 CAS2 DIMM cost me about 85 squid

Brilliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant

 

[old.Mikey]

I was also thinking about an AMD Duron? What you lot reckon?



Mkey out!!

 

[Wij]

Durons aint much cheaper than TBirds. Go with the extra cache for a little extra cash

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by TUG
When you see some of the latest TBIRDS with a certain stepping code going from 1GHz OC'd to 1500MHz with air cooling, you know AMD are onto somethin' good, specially with their prices.

Tug wake up

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by Wij
Durons aint much cheaper than TBirds. Go with the extra cache for a little extra cash

a 900Mhz tbird goes for ~220 euro [give or take a few] here in holland, an 800Mhz Duron for less than 100

 

[old.Mikey]

Seen an Athlon 950 TBird for £118. Great! I just want to get off my C300A @450!




Mikey out!!

 

[Wij]

Guess we have a different pricing structure in the UK then

 

[Testin da Cable]

118x3.5=413 more or less pounds to guilders
413/2.2=188 [round off] more or less guilders to euros

32 euro diff hmmm =P

 

[old.Mikey]

Is mixing memory possible, ie running PC100 with PC133 as I assume the motherboard would manage it????????



Mikey out!!

 

[Wij]

Only if they're all run at the same speed. Also some memory modules won't run with some others on some motherboards