First post, by Intel486dx33
What is the best hardware for this build ?
It's a 486dx-33
The motherboard I am using is generic no-name with PCI slots and only supports 5v CPU and Fast Page Mode ram.
Up to 32mb memory simms. ( 2x32mb ).
Award Bios.
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Similar to PM486PU-S3 PCI Motherboard
- BIOS ID string UMC-881/886A - 2A4X5P6CC-00
- 2-72 pin SIMM slots (1-64meg FPM DRAM)
- 3-32bit PCI Bus slots
- 4-16bit ISA slots
- 128k-512k CACHE support in 4-28pin sockets + 1 TAG RAM socket
- Award BIOS
- Supports LBA Mode Control & Large Disk DOS Compatibility.
- Green PC Connector
- external 3.6 battery not included
- UMC UM8881K & UM8886BF // UMC-881/886A chipset
- Supports 3.3/3.45/4.0/5.0 volt CPU's.
- 237pin ZIF CPU socket 2 which supports these processors:
INTEL 80486SX/SX2,80486DX/DX2/DX4,P24T,P24D
CYRIX CX486S(M6),CX486DX/DX2(M7),CX486DX4,CXM1
AMD AM486DX/DX2/DX4
UMC GREEN CPU U5S-SUPER
- Supports speeds of 20/25/33/40/50/66/75/80/100 MHz.
- 32bit Bus master for 2 IDE interfaces supporting 4 IDE devices.
- Multi-I/O chip supports 2 - 16550 Fast UART serial ports
1 - parallel port with EPP & ECP, 1 - floppy disk interface.
- Manufactured by: PROTECH
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For CPU I can use:
Intel 486dx-33
Intel 486dx-50
Intel 486dx-66
For Graphics I have:
S3 trio 2mb PCI
Cirruc Logic Laguna 2mb PCI
Matrox PCI
Nvidia PCI
ATI PCI
For Audio I have:
Sound Blaster Vibra 16 ISA
Sound Blaster AWE 64 ISA
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 PCI
Yamaha Audician 32 plus ISA
For ram I can use:
32mb
64mb
128mb
I want to Dual boot DOS/Win98se
Or
I can do DOS/Win3.11
I do not want to overload the computer.
I want best performance for the 486dx-33.
Should I go with Win98se or just Win-3.11 ?