I would also add to the other coments here that cheap is not good. I have a
friend here who swears by the prices of PCChips boards, and then swears at
them when he comes to set them up!!!
My personal recommendation is ABIT, they work very well, and don't use
jumpers. The setup is virtually automatic, so is very easy. And they usually
support AGP, PCI, and ISA, although newer boards have less ISA slots than
most people would like. Oh, and they are an overclockers dream, as you can
tweak speeds and voltage settings through the GUI. It only takes a quick
reset on the motherboard if you totally screw things up. And they are only
usually 10-20 pounds dearer than the cheaper ones.
I believe the processors can be different speeds, but the faster one will be
brought down to the speed of the slower one, so it's a bit pointless.
I can't recommend any prices matching places, as I've always found something
that is apparently cheap, gone to one of the supposedly more expensive
websites, and found they've matched the price with free delivery! There's no
better way than actually doing the legwork and checking out what they have
directly.
----- Original Message -----
From: pete moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 4:07 AM
Subject: [newbie] smp questions
i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things
that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a
PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering
getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap
motherboard that supports this, as well as agp, isa, and pci? do the
two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place
to compare prices than cnet.com?
tia
:P
