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To: jw who wrote (3778)11/29/1998 11:44:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen  Read Replies (1) of 14778
 
Think a person would be buying a pig-n-poke?. Just thinking out loud.

No. But I hope you understand the limitations of this motherboard. The Tyan S1692S Tiger ATX Pentium 11 motherboard uses the Intel LX chip set. This means it is limited to a maximum front side bus speed of 66Mhz. Newer motherboards use the Intel BX chip set and can run with a front side bus speed of 100MHz. Maybe it was a mistake but I couldn't find a COM, serial, port in its port listing. I would never buy a motherboard that didn't have a built in COM port. As far as I know you can not use a Celeron CPU with this motherboard as this capability must be built into the BIOS.

At one time the Tyan S1692S Tiger ATX Pentium 11 was a leading edge motherboard. But you can buy an ABIT BH6 motherboard and a Celeron CPU for about the same price as you can purchase a Tyan S1692S Tiger ATX Pentium 11 motherboard and Pentium II CPU and end up with a computer with better performance when you over clock a Celeron 300A to 450MHz.

Conclusion if you already own a Pentium II CPU than buying a Tyan S1692S Tiger ATX Pentium 11 motherboard is a safe choice but if you also need to buy a CPU than I suggest you purchase a motherboard that uses Intel's BX chip set.
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