topkapi
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Hi there.
I have at home a pc with an Intel Zappa motherboard, on wich a Pentium 100Mhz. I have a small budeget for upgrading the system. What is the best i can do?
* Buy a P200Mhz and fit it in the existing system?
* Buy a slower Pentium and fit it on a new motherboard?
Btw: does anybody know or P200 (MMX) will work on the Intel Zappa motherboard?
I have at home a pc with an Intel Zappa motherboard, on wich a Pentium 100Mhz. I have a small budeget for upgrading the system. What is the best i can do?
* Buy a P200Mhz and fit it in the existing system?
* Buy a slower Pentium and fit it on a new motherboard?
Btw: does anybody know or P200 (MMX) will work on the Intel Zappa motherboard?
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How can i tell it is a zif-5 or zif-7?
And according to intel the zappa won't go higher than 133Mhz?
Anyone who can tell me more about it?
And according to intel the zappa won't go higher than 133Mhz?
Anyone who can tell me more about it?
Sorry about that...coz my motherboard was 166 and I thought mine was Zappa......when you open the motherboard you can see on the white place where the processor rests on will show whether is socket 5 or socket 7.
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Since all games and software want 90 mhz pentium you can spend your money can be spend on ram upgrading from 16 to 32 or 64 will speed up your computer your software will run and load faster also you will be able to play all new games that whant you to have 32 and sometimes even 64 you will also want to buy add on 3d car you can get one for about $99. You can buy good stuff for low prices at www.onsale.com also www.pricewatch.com will help you find the best prices. If you need to upgrade you cpu then www.evertech.com for amd K6 based upgrades starting from 99 also with MMX for socet 7 only speed of 180 to 200 mhz also you can get bios upgrade which support mmx from www.mrbios.com
Hey cool!...now I wish I was in US
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topkapi,
While I don't know your intended use of the computer, here are a few things to consider:
1)For the budget minded, you might look at over-clocking the CPU.
2)Using present CPU, upgrade your mainboard so you can add faster MMX-capable one later.
3)Memory is presently priced attractively, and will add quite a performance boost.
You can find info about your motherboard here:
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/index.htm
Regards,
Ralph
While I don't know your intended use of the computer, here are a few things to consider:
1)For the budget minded, you might look at over-clocking the CPU.
2)Using present CPU, upgrade your mainboard so you can add faster MMX-capable one later.
3)Memory is presently priced attractively, and will add quite a performance boost.
You can find info about your motherboard here:
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/index.htm
Regards,
Ralph
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Well that wasn't really an answer to my question, or was it?
If you must know, i already have 40MB EDO-RAM installed.
Please read the question correct before answering it
If you must know, i already have 40MB EDO-RAM installed.
Please read the question correct before answering it
Slower Pentium, new motherboard. Then, when you want, a faster pentium will be an easy upgrade. Motherboards are relatively inexpensive and stay that way, while the processors drop in price over time. You will gain more by buying the motherboard now and waiting for the processor. You will gain nothing by buying the processor now except maybe frustration because it will probably not fit in your existing socket. Also, a nice socket 7 board will probably work for all pentium class processors that become available. It doesn't look like there will be future socket revisions. It all seems to be slot from here...
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I agree with all the proposed answers and comments
Board first..Processor later.....
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Board first..Processor later.....
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Something to keep in mind. The speed of your HDD can also be a bottleneck if it is old. It is something that is often overlooked when people upgrade PCs. I've seen people upgrade to Pentium 100 (Hey this is a while ago!!) with 32MB RAM but leave a 200MB HDD in and wonder why it is slow.
HDDs use different interfaces ATA 1, ATA2, ATA3 etc. As you increase in numbers, the speed of the interface increases. A 200 MB drive might use ATA1 but a newer drive might support ATA4. The performance is really noticeable. This is particularly important if you are using standard Windows products which use the disk a fair bit. If your drive is reasonably new, I wouldn't worry, but if it is VERY old, I would buy another before I bought anything else.
Interestingly, if your have a VERY fast CPU and a VERY slow HDD, you can actually increase the performance of your PC by using drive compression (even though I do not recommend EVER using drive compression).
HDDs use different interfaces ATA 1, ATA2, ATA3 etc. As you increase in numbers, the speed of the interface increases. A 200 MB drive might use ATA1 but a newer drive might support ATA4. The performance is really noticeable. This is particularly important if you are using standard Windows products which use the disk a fair bit. If your drive is reasonably new, I wouldn't worry, but if it is VERY old, I would buy another before I bought anything else.
Interestingly, if your have a VERY fast CPU and a VERY slow HDD, you can actually increase the performance of your PC by using drive compression (even though I do not recommend EVER using drive compression).
I recommend you buy a new motherboard, that way when your budget starts rising up again, you could buy the processor :)