That mobo might not even have SDRAM, much less DDR. You will probably need new ram, whatever you do- which isn't too bad, since it's dirt cheap these days. You should be able to use everything else, except probably you'll need a better power supply. You need to do more research as to the ram and power supply you have, and post it so we can advise properly. Maybe post the exact model of Cyrix/IBM you have now, and one of us can look it up and offer better advice- just don't be hasty, and make a mistake. You can put together a really good system, for very little money, if you know how. Any better mobo/cpu is going to require a better power supply, if your present system is what it sounds like. And, to get the best from any modern cpu, you really need DDR memory- SDRAM is on the way out.
In any case, Mandrake will install and run on almost any halfway system. I would stay away from those via cpus, though. Robert Crawford On Sunday 30 March 2003 04:53 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > This is to replace the mobo in a box with a Cyrix/IBM cpu. Everything in > it is pretty old, and would have to be replaced if I rebuild from scratch. > From experience I would say that I would be pushing �500 to get a full > decent system together. If I buy this for �50 I can get away by putting in > the current drives and spending nothing else. But will it run Mandrake? > > Anne > > On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 10:02 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: > > In my opinion, you can do much better for the same or just a little more > > money. I build all my own PC's, and for others, too. For example, in the > > U.S., you can get an Athlon 1700+ tbred "B" for $48 US, which is 3 times > > the cpu. Mobo/cpu combos run $80 and up- for instance a PC chips > > board/1700+ combo runs $81 US. It also depends on if you are planning on > > using the ram you have now. Do some research before buying something. > > Look on Pricewatch, and compare stuff to what you have now. For the > > price/performance, you can't beat the Athlon 1700+ Tbred "B," and it can > > be matched with many low priced boards which all work fine. > > > > Robert Crawford > > > > On Sunday 30 March 2003 02:38 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > I have been offered a PCChips M787CLM mobo, 1GHz VIA C3 cpu, pretty > > > well everything on board. I can't find anything on the web about this > > > exact model, but have seen a thread describing a Debian install on a > > > related model, and VIA C3 chips appear to be used in some of the new > > > quiet small boards that I have seen mentioned. > > > > > > Does anyone know anything, good, bad or indifferent, that would > > > influence me? They are asking �50, by the way. > > > > > > Anne
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