time to throw my hat into the upgrade arena, please help!

Reg Kmet · Post by **Reg Kmet** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 3:07 pm

woah... it's been awhile! i've had the k6-3 for 3 years already and so ive been out of the technology loop for too ong... now i cant really afford to go to a 900 mhz plus athlon or p3 so i figure im going to stick with a 7-800 mhz intel part wether its a cellie or p3 or whatever. motheboard wise im thinkin a be6 2 revision 2, a good call guys? i know pid hs had problems with this board... but i think its good is it onboard ata100 raid? this is something i would like to try..

what does it sound like to you guys? worth a crack?

Cheway · Post by **Cheway** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 5:31 pm

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Post by **sbp** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 5:53 pm

The BE6II is a good motherboard. The High Point Controller is problematic though.

<b>FlyingPenguin</b> owns an ABit BE6-II.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 6:03 pm

i'd get one of the athlon combo boards rather than go that route - you can get something with decent features for under 100 - i've got an sis 730 with onboard everything with a 700 tbird - total cost about 125

FuNPoLiCe001 · Post by **FuNPoLiCe001** » Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:16 pm

pick up one of the ECS K7S5A's with a Duron 750 or so + a stick of 256 SDR (DDR will be 20-25 bucks more)

should be around 200 cdn before taxes

ECS isnt the greatest OC'ing board (no voltage or multiplier adjustments, just FSB), but if ur lucky , u might be able to run the duron at 133/133, giving you a gig, which is a pretty sweet deal

one version of the K7S5A also has onboard audio and lan

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Tue Sep 18, 2001 5:15 pm

I didn't see much improvement going from my Duron 650 @ 900 to my bird 800 @1gig....