Linux screams on athlons and durons! A word of warning though, these CPUs tend to get really hot so you need a good fan. At 6000RPM, my Volcano 7+ keeps my 1900+ athlons at an average of 50 deg C *on idle* according to lm_sensors.
It helps if the mobo has CPU overheat protection, i dunno if the MSI board has. On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Andre M. V. wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to buy a new mobo, cpu and memory for > ageing PC. I'm looking at: > > CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (good cpu to overclock?) > Mobo: MSI 745 Ultra (overclock at 1mhz increment.) > memory: 256MB PC-2700 DDR333 > > Any suggestions? > > regards, > --- > Andre M. Varon, SCSA > http://andre.lasaltech.com > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
