[NTLUG:Discuss] Req For opinions:Overclocking K6-3 400Mhz

[Dan Carlson]

The price of Athlons is starting to come down.  I recently saw a 500 MHz
Athlon with the FIC system board advertised for $259, at Fry's I think.  The
only downsides I'm aware of with the FIC board are that it only has one COM
port and one ISA slot.  I'm one of those weirdos who is now willing to pay
extra for COM ports and ISA slots, so I got the more expensive MSI system
board.

BTW, you can't easily overclock an Athlon.  It is possible, but you have to
open the CPU cartridge, desolder some surface mount resistors, and resolder
them down in the correct locations.  I'm not willing to try it myself.

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: "alh" <aalh at gte.net>
To: "NTLUG DISCUSS" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 3:26 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Req For opinions:Overclocking K6-3 400Mhz


> Should I get a k6-3 @400 and overclock it?
> or should I get a k6-2 @500mhz and overclock it?
>
> what motherboards are best?
>
> I know that the k6-3 is more advanced than the k6-2
> but I cant find it any faster than 400mhz
> is it worth it
> and with the cost of the Athlon CPU at the level of an entire K6 system
> it isnt an option for me......yet
>
> any opinions are welcome...but please limit to AMD CPU options
>
>
> thanks guys
>
>
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