[lug] Upgrading AMD *

[John Starkey]

Thanks for the reply Doug...

> The answer, of course, depends on what you want to do.

The deciding factor was VMware.

The most intensive would be POV-ray 3D rendering, I've been doing that on
the iMac and plan to move it over very soon. I am ok with letting the
finals render over night.

Coding (mostly scripting for the Web), GIMP, Browsing, Audio, and I wanna
put Video on here but I may be on another machine by the time I get around
to it.

> K7 processors come in two flavors, the slot A Athlons and the new
> socket A Duron/Thunderbird. If you stick with your old motherboard,
> then you are limited to the Socket 7 processors, K6-2 and K6-3.

Ok so I can go to the K6-3. So based on the above would you recommend one
over the other?

> The K6-3+ is a "mobile" processor, it runs are reduced power levels,
> supported by a core voltage of 2.0v or less. The regular K6-3 will
> have a core voltage above 2.0v, probably 2.2v. I just installed a
> K6-2 550Mhz processor with a core voltage of 2.2v.
>
> Check you motherboard to see what core voltages it supports.
>
> It would help to know what motherboard you have.

Umm, well. I don't know for sure but.... it's an HP4440 stock and says
SPAX-M Rev 1.01. I tried to save some time and check Pricewatch for an SPAX
category but there wasn't one . It's the only possible identifier I can
find. Why do i have a feeling i'm gonna be laughing at myself over this one
:}

Thanks again,

John

>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Doug Bonnell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Starkey [mailto:jstarkey at advancecreations.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:46 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Upgrading AMD *
>
> I'm ready to upgrade a 333MHz AMD K7-2 and have never bought a CPU
> before. I was wondering if i could get some input on the best way to do
> this. The way i see it is I only have one simple option. Stay with the
> K7-2s. I spent an hour or so looking last night and found that it's the
> only upgrade I can do with a Super Socket 7. The Athlon, Durons and K-7
> IIIs are all Socket A from what I can gather. But I am getting a little
> overwhelmed since this is very new territory.
>
> So the K7-2s only go up to 550MHz. I found a 533 for $48 and I can't see
> going $20 for another 17MHz on a machine that's gonna be a firewall next
> year. Going from a 333 to a 533 will I need to jumper anything for the
> Voltage? Is that the "core voltage" in the specs?
>
> Anyone know of any better way to do this or any options I may have
> missed?
>
> Another thing is I have a 233 in a machine and the BIOS peak at 266.
> Would a BIOS upgrade, if available, up that a little so i can use the
> 333MHz in there (do BIOS do that?)? If so would it bottleneck anyway? I
> have switched the processors actually so i know it'll work but it seems
> there were some wierd issues as a result, and I'm thinking a BIOS
> upgrade may fix that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> john
>
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