I'm not at all sure what the problem is you are trying to solve.  It
seems that you are saying that there is a speed problem of some kind.
What are the signs that make you think there is some kind of bottleneck
in your system?  That will allow us to give suggestions on what might
correct that particular problem.  Without this information, we will just
be speculating and you might wind up spending money you don't need to
and still not see any improvement.

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 3:02 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Speed questions


> I'm still tinkering with an Amptron 9900a/PcChips577,
> AMD K6-2/400 CPU, PC66SDRAM, Win95b, and
> an old (perfect) WD 540M HD -- (11ms/125k).
> The MB has a VIA VT82C598AT Apollo MVP3 chip,
> and a VT82C586B Apollo chip.
> I'm beginning to think the hard drive is too slow.
> The mother board manual was written before the BIOS was
> flashed to support my CPU (and even a step higher + K3...).
> Does this sound like a "dumb" combination to anybody?
> Could the hard drive be "THE" bottleneck I have been
> fighting all along?  I tried (twice) PNY PC100SDRAM with no
> luck.   Thanks in advance for your input.

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