Hey gang,
Right now I'm running a system that is basically the same as it was around this time last year. It's a Pentium III 500 (cA0) @ 775 and a Soyo 6BA+ IV. 256MB Micron PC133, Rage 128, Western Digital WD205BA, SB Live, 3Com NIC. It's a good system, but I think it's time for an upgrade.
With Christmas coming up I finally have a chance to get some new stuff. I'm in college, and I'm more or less broke all the time. Hopefully within about a week I'll have a system that will leave me some room for an affordable upgrade in the Spring.
I'm planning on building a Thunderbird system. Right now I have in the mail an Alpha PEP66 (I'll use the socket mod Leufkens thought of) and a Hercules 3D Prophet II (Geforce MX). For the video card, I had a gift certificate credit at Amazon.com - and the MX cards are hard to find - I thought it was something I should jump at.
This weekend I'm hitting the local computer show. I think I'll get an Abit KT7-RAID and a T-Bird at about 750 MHz or so. I'll look for a Dresden chip, blue core, with a code of AEEA, AHEA, ADFA, or AVFA (I've heard the last one is especially good).
What do you think? How far are you taking your TBirds, and what speed is a good one to buy at? Is there a better KT133 board out there? If there's anything you think I'm leaving out, let me know. I want to cover my bases before I buy on Saturday...
Thanks!
Right now I'm running a system that is basically the same as it was around this time last year. It's a Pentium III 500 (cA0) @ 775 and a Soyo 6BA+ IV. 256MB Micron PC133, Rage 128, Western Digital WD205BA, SB Live, 3Com NIC. It's a good system, but I think it's time for an upgrade.
With Christmas coming up I finally have a chance to get some new stuff. I'm in college, and I'm more or less broke all the time. Hopefully within about a week I'll have a system that will leave me some room for an affordable upgrade in the Spring.
I'm planning on building a Thunderbird system. Right now I have in the mail an Alpha PEP66 (I'll use the socket mod Leufkens thought of) and a Hercules 3D Prophet II (Geforce MX). For the video card, I had a gift certificate credit at Amazon.com - and the MX cards are hard to find - I thought it was something I should jump at.
This weekend I'm hitting the local computer show. I think I'll get an Abit KT7-RAID and a T-Bird at about 750 MHz or so. I'll look for a Dresden chip, blue core, with a code of AEEA, AHEA, ADFA, or AVFA (I've heard the last one is especially good).
What do you think? How far are you taking your TBirds, and what speed is a good one to buy at? Is there a better KT133 board out there? If there's anything you think I'm leaving out, let me know. I want to cover my bases before I buy on Saturday...
Thanks!
