[plug] upgrading to Duron

[Nathan Alberti]

Simon is on the right track...I have a Duron 750, Athlon 1.0Ghz and 1.2Ghz
on a ABIT KT7A-RAID, MSI K7T Turbo and just got an EPOX 8KTA3.

The MSI is a piece of crap....stay well away.....got weird kernel errors
when running due to power management hardware issues.

The ABIT is nice...RAID is a waste of time but all in all the MB is nice.
Fan on the North Bridge so overclocking is no problems.

The EPOX is still sitting on the floor waiting to be installed....will let
you know how it goes. I was not a big fan of this manufacturer from past
experiences but I have been given good reports from many so though I would
give them another go. Supports Athlon 4 and good for overclocking.

The common chipset on all these boards is the VIA KT133A (Note the "A" -
Second Release)

With your RAM be sure to get 1st party. Seems to make a big difference for a
small price.

Duron 850 is a good target....they are cheap as at the moment.

Oh...don't forget to get a decent Heatsink/Fan, if the store has an option
to upgrade the bundled fan usually wise to take it.
See: (http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q2/010521/)

Regards,

Nathan Alberti



----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Scott" <simon.scott at flexiplan.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] upgrading to Duron


> Hi Darrell (for some reason I know your name, I think I might have
> known you in my deep dark past)
>
> Anyhoo
>
> Get a Duron 850. Its right in the sweet spot for price/performance
>
> Get an Abit motherboard , cant remember the model but any
> motherboard with the 2nd generation via KT chipset thingo (gee my memory
is
> getting bad) should be fine. With the Abit ones just unlock your processor
> and use the bios to overclock to around 1 gig with no effort (using 133Mhz
> FSB ofcourse)
>
> Im trying to remember the motherboard and chipset, Ive got one at
> home, Ill check it for you. DONT get an MSI KT7A Pro or anything similar.
> Theyre crappolla cos they use the 1st generation via chipset and it sucks
> ass. Get a duron, dont get an Athlon. the durons are better value for $$$
> and better at overclocking.
>
> Actually, just found an email. The Abit K7TA mboard. With or without
> the RAID onbaord, but I prefer without since its not true hardware raid
and
> isnt supported by Linux. But anyway I reckon the mb rocks. And get plenty
of
> ram. Its cheap, and you can never have enough.
>
> Have fun.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Darrell Horrocks <darrellh at kpbg.wa.gov.au> on 29-06-2001
> 03:51 PM
> Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
> To: PLUG <plug at plug.linux.org.au>@SMTP at Exchange
> cc:
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
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