Joe Nestlerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Greetings All.
>
> Looking at CPU/motherboard combos, I've found two possibilities, and
> would greatly appreciate feedback, pros, cons, etc.
>
> "Vendor A" has an FIC VA503+ motherboard, w/ an AMD K6 300MHz MMX
> processor, VIA Apollo VP3 chipset and 1 Mb on-board cache for $259.
As far as I know this board has the VIA Apollo MVP3 Chipset (different
from VP3). It will allow the motherboard to cache up to 512MB RAM (VP3
= 1GB). The chipset will support up to 2MB Cache so you might be able
to get 2MB Cache put on this board should you buy it.
This board also has a 100MHz Front Side Bus. If you buy it make sure
of this.
See http://www.fica.com/ and http://www.via.com.tw/CHIPSETCOMP3.htm
for more details.
> "Vendor B" has a Shuttle Hot 569 motherboard w/ an AMD 266Mhz MMX
> processor, Intel 430TX chipset and 512Kb on-board cache for $289.
I think that the maximum bus speed on this board is 83MHz. The maximum
cacheable RAM for the TX chipset is 64MB.
See http://www.spacewalker.com/12011.html and
http://www.spacewalker.com/569aspec.html for more details.
Also see http://www2.tomshardware.com/chipset.html for more
information on chipsets.
> The first has a faster processor and twice as much on-board cache for
> less money, but it's not an Intel chipset. Should I be leary of this?
The problem here is that these are different boards from different
vendors with different CPU's. Try and find a vendor that sells both of
these boards and see what the price difference is, that might help you
with your choice. Also see how much Vendor A and B sell the bare CPU's
for.
> Anyone have experience with either of these boards? (This is for a
> Linux-only machine, btw.)
On paper the FIC board is the better board
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Eze Ogwuma
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