Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 00:07:43 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "W. Maynard" <mark@functional.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommendations for an AMD k6 motherboard Message-ID: <199808080721.AAA12139@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19980808144237.A14475@freebie.lemis.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980808045356.3671B-100000@polaris.functional.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980808045356.3671B-100000@polaris.functional.com>
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At 02:42 PM 8/8/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >> Any recommendations for a motherboard? Note that am I interested in >> overclocking the k6. Also, any other comments regarding this >> configuration are welcome. > >That's pretty close to my configuration. I have 160 MB memory, >multiple disks, a Millenium I, the same SCSI host adaptor, an old >CD-ROM changer and multiple tapes, but the heart is in the right >place. > >I'm using a RISE Mustang R581A, which has a (currently unused) AGP >port. I bought it in Singapore, mainly because it was the only thing >that supported more than 64 MB cached memory. It uses the SIS >5591/5595 chip set, which doesn't get the highest marks, but so far >I've been pretty happy with it. > >Greg I've found ASUS boards to be reliable. But for overclocking, there's a new board I saw but haven't had a chance to try out yet: the FIC VA-503+ (www.fic.com.tw), which can have a bus clock of 124MHz (!) and a multiplier of 5.5 (5.5*124=682MHz!). And the board can come with 1MB of cache. It uses a VIA chipset, takes DIMMs or SIMMs and has an AGP slot. Another board which has been popular for K6-2s and I've actually seen in use is the MS 5169 (www.msi.com.tw), which uses an ALI chipset. It goes up to 100MHz bus with a 5.5 multiplier. It takes DIMMs, up to 512K cache, and has an AGP slot. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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