Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 00:13:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: "hardware@freebsd.org" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Evergreen CPU replacements on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008050009190.37845-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <200007311350.JAA39465@vulcan.addy.com>
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote: >I just got a catalog from a mail order vendor and they have some >Evergreen Pentium upgrades. >Do these work with FreeBSD? > >A 233Mhz is only $79. This would be a nice upgrade to my Pentium >100Mhz desktop since I have noticed that when making world the >CPU is usually the bottleneck. > >If they work on FreeBSD would it be worth a $20 difference to go >with a 333Mhz instead of a 233Mhz? >I am also planning to upgrade from 32Mb to 64Mb. I dont see why they wouldnt work (not that I've tried one) but beware that a (cheap) socket7 motherboard and a K6-2 cpu would be about the same price and probably land you over 400mhz. A K6-2 450 is $45-50 starting price and a K6-2 500 starts around $55-60 (according to pricewatch.com). You could most likely pick up a decent new or used super7 motherboard for $50. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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