In a message dated 11/12/01 4:36:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Humm? I paid $139 for a new MB with a 900mhz Athlon Thunderbird on it at one > of the local computer shows. I admit it would have cost another $50 with a > 1.0ghz processor, but that leaves the question; why would he want to pay > $250 for one? Now maybe with an onboard raid controller and a 1.2ghz > processor. BTW the 900mhz T-Bird is faster than that 1.0ghz P-III. > > The preformance increace would not be worth upgrading from 667 to 1000. I > find that you need to double your processor speed to make an upgrade > worthwhile. > It was a suggestion only. I followed your advice with my own upgrade: from Plll 450 MHz to Plll 1.2 GIG with 1.024 GIG of RAM, more than doubling my RAM (by 640 MB). I looked at others: a MOBO/900 Athlon combination (Bus speed up to 200 MHz) @ $129 ($109 after rebate) was an option, but I was thinking higher. *I then looked at a MOBO/processor combination of 1.4GIG Athlon (Bus speed up to 266 MHz) for $259 (no rebate) but passed for the one I bought. **Though I'd love to have a 266 Bus speed MOBO with a 1.4GIG PlV processor! ***I don't do a lot of downloads other than updates and I'm no "gamer" (unless Chessmaster 7) counts, so "speed" for speed's sake was not a factor. Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
