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Where to fit in a PIII-500?

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First post, by senrew

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So, I've got my p200mmx SS7 rig, and now finally rebuilt my pIII933 rig, but I've got a p3-500 just sitting there and I don't like unused parts so, what should I do with it?

The p200 covers mostly late DOS and early windows stuff through 97 or so, the p3 can cover up to about 2001. Is it even worth building up a machine for the middle chip?

I was thinking of building it up specifically as a voodoo3 rig, as the parts are roughly contemporary. I just can't think of a reason to need it beyond the thrill (pain) of building up yet another machine. The same problem exists with the two K6-2 chips I have, a 475 and 500mhz variety.

What would you all do with the middle machine considering what I've got bookending it?

Reply 2 of 4, by GXL750

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I dunno. use it to order food from Webvan or check out theglobe.com, or read about the presidential election recounts, or jump on napster and download some smashmouth.

Reply 3 of 4, by senrew

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I'm going to stick a couple of V2s in SLI into the 933 machine.

I COULD use it for all that other stuff, but then, I could stab myself in the balls with a rusty spoon and it would probably be less painful.

Reply 4 of 4, by sliderider

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Get a V3 PCI for glide and a GF4MX in AGP for everything else. I seriously doubt you would need DX8 rendering capability in this system unless you upgraded to a much faster CPU.

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