FW: [plug] upgrading to Duron

[Chris Andre]

Hi,

I am also looking at upgrading in this direction,
Could anyone advise some of the cheaper hardware retailers 
in the Perth area who might be able to help me.
The country area's are priced way out of contention..

Thanks In Advance

Chris.

-----Original Message-----
From: Darrell Horrocks [mailto:darrellh at kpbg.wa.gov.au]
Sent: Friday, 29 June 2001 3:52 PM
To: PLUG
Subject: [plug] upgrading to Duron


Hi All

I finally have the cash to upgrade the home machine to a respectable 
level.  Maybe not Q3 level, but enough so that I don't fall asleep 
waiting for the kernel to compile!

I want a Duron and motherboard as I have the rest ready to go.  I'm 
looking for some advice on:
1) What speed chip to buy.  Of course higher is better, but I remember 
reading that there was an increase in FSB speed between two models. 
 Anyone know what I am talking about?
2) What motherboard I should buy, but I should be asking which chipset 
works best with Linux?
3) Anyone had any problems/gotchas using AMD chips/chipsets?

Hope someone can help.

Regards

Darrell