FW: [plug] upgrading to Duron

[Beau Kuiper]

Hi,

A good motherboard to buy if you don't intend on overclocking is the Aopen 
AK33 board. It is very cheap and uses the older 686a southbridge, that does 
not have the PCI transfer bug (exposed with cards like the sound blaster 
live) of the 686b southbridge.

I have a duron 700 on a an Aopen AK33 and it is rock solid (over the last 8 
months)

If you intend on overclocking, stay away from the Aopen AK33 board.

Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au

On Thursday 12 July 2001 10:45, Chris Andre wrote:
> 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