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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (1298)	6/12/1998 1:48:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

>>The AMD 5x86- 133 chip they list at that site is a 3 volt chip. Is that the same voltage as the chip I have now<< NO >>or would I have problems and have to change the power supply?<< YES If you buy the AMD 5x86-133 chip by itself it costs $53.90. This is the item you looked at when you visited Upgrades International web site. Upgrades International also sells a kit that comes with a regulator that reduces the 5 volt power supply voltage to 3 volts for use with the AMD 5x86-133. The kit costs $89.90. If you bought the kit then you do not change power supply jumpers on the motherboard. The kit is shown on the following web page upgradesint.com on Upgrades International web site and its part number is PL586/133. If you upgrade your computer I suggest you buy the kit. Your statement "PS The manual for my MB seems to say it is capable of 5/3.3 volt operation but it's greek to me." leads me to this conclusion. The AMD 5x86-133 requires a fan and is included in the kit.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (1298)	6/12/1998 7:25:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

Bob, There are other people wanting to upgrade their 486 computer. See below. Evergreen and Kingston sell a kit similar to the kit Upgrades International sells. >Re: Info Request : Evergreen (AMD 5x86) vs Kingston TurboChip 133 >From: Dane <qnar!@!nasp0m.fbhguynaq.arg> >Date: 1998/06/08 >Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips >Claus Cooper wrote: >>I can't justify the cost of completely replacing my 486/66DX2, but I would like it if I could make the machine somewhat faster for the roughly $100 that Evergreen 586 or Kingston TurboChip 133 costs. Any replies about good or bad experiences with these products would be very much appreciated. I have a Zeos 486/66DX2 that was allegedly designed to accept the Intel Pentium Overdrive processor, but it seems that the Evergreen or Kingston upgrade would make more sense at this point. Also, getting a Pentium Overdrive (aka PODP5V83) will require motherboard jumper changes, while the two above chips will plop right in and be happy with the current external speed of 33mhz. (If I am wrong about this, feel free to point it out.)<< >Checkout PowerLeap. They have an adaptor (and reviews on their >version vs. Evergreen) based on the Am5x86-133. I believe >their price is around $89. powerleap.com