A7V is a great mobo, Duron is the best CPU on budget, you can't go wrong. If
you want a complete upgrade, you can wait on DDR mobo (I'm waiting). But for
now, nothing beat A7V + Duron on perfomance/price. Other good option is ASUS
CUSL2 + PIII CPU (but cost more).

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Marden" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 12:47 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Amd duron?


> I was thinking about doing an upgrade on my pc. I have now an amd k6-2 500
mhz w/128 mb sdram. The mb i have is a socket 7 so i wont be able to just
put in a new chip nothing faster anyway. I was thinking about buying an Amd
duron 700 mhz chip. In order to i would have to buy a new mb and a new case
and power supply. I was thinking about the Asus A7V socket A board,i have
heard a lot of good things about it. Either that or Abits socket A mb. Does
anyone know weather or not this would be a good idea or should i wait to see
what else comes out? Any good or bad feelings about weather it would be
worth the investment of about $300-$350.

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