LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited March 2004
Cyrix 200MHz+. (National Semiconductor, Cyrix; later bought out by VIA.)
Yup, believe it or not! Why? This was one of the first major upgrades I performed (had performed for me in 1996). This was one in a string of repairs/parts replacements that came about after my only-months-old Packard Bell Pentium 100 starting falling apart. Was the Cyrix naming convention accurate? LOL at anyone who would believe that! It really was the equivalent to a Pentium 166, but much more economical.
That CPU was very significant for me, as that motherboard and CPU replacement sewed the seeds in me that PCs can be custom-built, upgraded, and replaced without having to depend on commericial, of the shelf, overpriced mediocrity. It really was a epiphany for me - realizing that Intel and the other big name brands were not the only game in town. BTW, that Cyrix process was completely reliable and met my needs for as long as I had it.
Damn. You guys are right. I totally forgot about the A64/Opterons. I'll get that fixed asap... take out the Via C3 option. Everyone hates those things anyhow.
LOL, if the Via's were on the list I would've voted for them instead
I voted for the P3. I blew my whole wad when I graduated high school for a fly P3 rig. Too bad it was a Dell and I still have yet to fullfill my urges to overclock and otherwise mess with a P3. I've been fighting off the urge to start prowling around for a P3 board on the DD forum
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Yup, believe it or not! Why? This was one of the first major upgrades I performed (had performed for me in 1996). This was one in a string of repairs/parts replacements that came about after my only-months-old Packard Bell Pentium 100 starting falling apart. Was the Cyrix naming convention accurate? LOL at anyone who would believe that! It really was the equivalent to a Pentium 166, but much more economical.
That CPU was very significant for me, as that motherboard and CPU replacement sewed the seeds in me that PCs can be custom-built, upgraded, and replaced without having to depend on commericial, of the shelf, overpriced mediocrity. It really was a epiphany for me - realizing that Intel and the other big name brands were not the only game in town. BTW, that Cyrix process was completely reliable and met my needs for as long as I had it.
LOL, if the Via's were on the list I would've voted for them instead
I voted for the P3. I blew my whole wad when I graduated high school for a fly P3 rig. Too bad it was a Dell and I still have yet to fullfill my urges to overclock and otherwise mess with a P3. I've been fighting off the urge to start prowling around for a P3 board on the DD forum