On Monday 17 June 2002 07:03 pm, Marcia wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for your comments about upgrading. I am still window
> shopping and comparing barebone kits running Athlon XP's. Sometimes
> I see OEM and I really do not know what that means.
>
> I am comparing a Jetway 830CF Barebones w/AMD XP 1600+ CPU and PC
> Chips 817LR Athlon Socket-A Ali Chipset, DDR/SDRAM support.
I'd strongly suggest further that you use a board that's on AMD's
recommended list for best results.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348^4351,00.html
There's two Jetway boards on the 1600+ list, but the 830CF isn't one
of 'em. Also, with Athlon, Duron, or even P4 cpu/motherboards it's
very important to also use a quality recommended power supply
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348^4351,00.html
Both of the above requirements will probly not be met by any
'barebones' kit. I surely wouldn't try to skimp on the motherboard/
PSU, it's the very foundation of a system.
My
> son-in-law said to stay away from Duron. It sounds like many of you
> use Duron though without a problem.
There's nothin at all wrong with Duron's, but you get a lot more
proccessor for just a few $$'s more usin an Athlon. A 1.4 Ghz Athlon
is only about $80, while 1.x Ghz Duron's are about $60.
> with Linux. Anyone know anything about the PC Chips 817LR Athlon
> Socket-A ALi Chipset?
PC Chips is very low end hardware, just about the lowest. You
won't find any of their products on the recommended lists. Be
careful, PC Chips markets their boards under about 20 different brand
names. http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q3998142/pcchips/
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