On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 13:53, 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
Anne, I've got a 733mhz Via C3 cpu on a second box here at home. The only "problem" with it is the one mentioned in the MDK 9.0 errata. Otherwise everything on the mobo came up and worked like a charm. I wouldn't use this box for gaming but for everything else it compares nicely with an equal Intel or AMD CPU. In fact it runs better under Linux than under Win2000 so there's a plus. James > > 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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