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First post, by Hakeshu

Posted on 2021-11-19, 03:12

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Hi,

Today I found a local vendor selling a K6 2- 500 kit with P5A-B mobo at a fair price (Brazilian market is kinda crazy with some old PC pieces), and since I dont't know the mobo I have a few question.

1 - This mobo is worth the investment? There are any known bugs and critical incompatibilities?
2 - What's the best graphic card for this setup (please no voodoo hahaha)
3 - Whats the maximum supported HDD size

Since socket 7 boards with AGp are so hard to find (here in Brazil), i'm very tempted to get this kit,

Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 4, by BitWrangler

Posted on 2021-11-19, 03:33

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"Investment" ??? How much is it going for? $50 is what I'd say is alright. $20 getting towards a steal, $200 is stealing the other way.

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Reply 2 of 4, by Hakeshu

Posted on 2021-11-19, 03:42

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-11-19, 03:33:

"Investment" ??? How much is it going for? $50 is what I'd say is alright. $20 getting towards a steal, $200 is stealing the other way.

Not an investment. I plan to build a K6 2 - 500 to run Windows games from that time. I already have a Pentium 200 MMX, 64mb with a MX 400 PCI and Audician 32 + SC-55 for DOS games and it rocks. But for Windows games The P200 will not handle many realeases from 98 and forward.

Reply 3 of 4, by dormcat

Posted on 2021-11-19, 04:09

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P5A-B is the smaller AT form factor version of P5A, one of the most sought-after Super Socket 7 motherboards. If the price is below US$50 then I'd say go for it.

However, VOGONS Wiki says "rev 1.05 has issues with K6-II+ and K6-III+ without hardware modification." Not sure what "issues" they are. It wouldn't be an issue if you stick with K6-2 500 MHz that comes with the MB.

Reply 4 of 4, by Hakeshu

Posted on 2021-11-19, 04:16

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dormcat wrote on 2021-11-19, 04:09:

P5A-B is the smaller AT form factor version of P5A, one of the most sought-after Super Socket 7 motherboards. If the price is below US$50 then I'd say go for it.

However, VOGONS Wiki says "rev 1.05 has issues with K6-II+ and K6-III+ without hardware modification." Not sure what "issues" they are. It wouldn't be an issue if you stick with K6-2 500 MHz that comes with the MB.

In my currency it converts about 50$ already with shipping (guy will throw a 6GB HDD as well as a gift). I'll take a look at the Wiki, thanks for sharing.

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