Hi, I need help to upgrade my CPU from a K6 300 3D to as fast I can. This is a temporary measure until I can afford a new mobo and CPU.
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Whats your motherboard and socket type?

Need more info pls.

Hi Whitedragons, thanks for your prompt reply and apologies for my late return. I have had some problems. However, my board is a Jetway J-542B(S) and the socket is a Super7. Thanks

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QUOTE (jimbo @ Nov 2 2003, 09:02 PM) Hi Whitedragons, thanks for your prompt reply and apologies for my late return. I have had some problems. However, my board is a Jetway J-542B(S) and the socket is a Super7. Thanks
Step 1: Go to the Jetway homepage' ">http://www.jetway.com.tw
Step 2: Look around for your motherboard' ">http://www.jetway.com.tw/evisn...duct/socket7/index.htm (542C?}
Step 3: You'll see that your motherboard supports AMD K6-III processors.

Conclusion: Flash the latest bios and see if you can find an old AMD K6-III 450Mhz somewhere.

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Man, if you can save up a hundred and fifty bucks and you could get a 2600 XP + and a nice ASUS board to go with it.

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still, a K6-III is a very nice CPU(albeit outdated)...if you can get one from EBay for a few bucks, i'd go for it

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Personally, I wouldn't recommend an upgrade in this instance. The fastest he can possibly go is a 550 K6-III, but he really isn't going to see any performance gains for the money and it would probably end up costing a good chunk of a new AXP barton core. I would save my money and do a full upgrade when funds allow. You'll get there faster if you don't waste your time doing obsolete upgrades.

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AFAIK there arent any K6-3 550. and not many 500 were made either.. but going from an original K6 300 to a K6-3 450 will give a pretty good performance boost.

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Thanks for the input guys. I am still tempted to go for a short term upgrade. As I am not a gamer I don't need lots of processing power, I just need something to cope a little better with XP and broadband. My problem is that I can't decide the best route for my long term upgrade. Reading through some of your specs. I'm drooling, however the price difference between the States and the UK is considerable. I want to get it right so I will take my time and keep my eye your conversations.
Thanks again
Jimbo

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QUOTE (action man @ Nov 4 2003, 10:15 AM) AFAIK there arent any K6-3 550. and not many 500 were made either.. but going from an original K6 300 to a K6-3 450 will give a pretty good performance boost.
Sorry, one too many "I"'s. K6-II 550.

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QUOTE (jimbo @ Nov 4 2003, 09:06 PM)Thanks for the input guys. I am still tempted to go for a short term upgrade. As I am not a gamer I don't need lots of processing power, I just need something to cope a little better with XP and broadband. My problem is that I can't decide the best route for my long term upgrade. Reading through some of your specs. I'm drooling,  however the price difference between the States and the UK is considerable. I want to get it right so I will take my time and keep my eye your conversations.
Thanks again
Jimbo
Your actually running XP on that machine?
I'm surprised that it even boots...

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It's actually not as fussy as most people believe. I've had XP running on a PII 400 with 64Mb ram and it worked fine. It does turn off all the eye-candy, though.

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Jimbo

I have a k6II-500 and 64MB of EDO ram on a shelf, its yours if you pay for the shipping.

Cheers

MD

PS what part of the UK are you in?
Dads from London and mum's from Stoke

I am living with the Yanks in Washington

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Hi MD, Sounds like the best offer I've had for a while. I don't know what the shipping costs are but I will look into it. With reference to the earlier query about XP It actually runs very well if I don't do too many things at once. It copes with my Greek music anyway! In answer to your where? question, I am in the Midlands in a town called Kidderminster, the home of British carpet manufacture.
BFN Jimbo

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