(Relatively) Cheap Thrills: AMD K6-III+ CPU Upgrade

[Bruce Marshall]

On Wednesday 10 March 2004 03:46 pm, R. Quenett wrote:
> mutilated misquotes
> from Leon Goldstein's 10 Mar 2004 classic prose
> may follow:
>
> " So, I decided to take a chance with an upgrade to a K6-III.  I bought a
> " K6-III+ 450 mHz CPU from
> " http://www.upgradeability.com/K6plus/index.htm?source=AdWords1
> " after detailed correspondence with the owner.
>
> I can confirm that this works, but I'm not sure how really cheap it
> is compared to today's prices on new boxes.  I'm running a K6-III+
> overclocked to 600 mhz right now and have been for quite a long time.
> I too got one from the above source and another from ebay (though the
> supply there seemed to have dried up a while ago).  The reports I
> read suggested that getting this specific chip up to 700mhz
> successfully was not uncommon.
>
> The key as to whether or not the K6-III+ will work seems to be the
> motherboard and bios.  See
>
> http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm
>
> I'm looking for a really good, really cheap used socket 7 mobo to put
> my spare k6-III+ into.  I'd appreciate hearing about any available.
>
> R

How about free....   including an Athlon 800mhz on it.....   ?

I'm getting a new power supply for that chassis so I can upgrade to a P4 
board...   Let me see how that goes.


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