First post, by jasa1063
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I just put together a K6-III+ build and wanted to share a few things I found out along the way. The PC Chips M599LMR uses the SIS 530 chipset and while not top of the line in terms of Super 7 chipsets, I have found it to be very capable in the right configuraiton. I have the K6-III+ running at 600Mhz at 2.1v. This has been extremely stable and there are no issues so far running Windows 98 SE. I found the following cooler on Amazon for around $20, it is all copper and makes for reaching 600Mhz a breeze.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-60x10mm-S … 81970507&sr=8-1
The system has 512MB of PC133 CAS 2 memory, a Sound Blaster 16 ISA sound card, and a Voodoo3 2000 PCI graphics card. The onboard modem, sound, and video have been disabled. I also have a IDE to SATA adapter with a 120GB SATA SSD.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Drive-Opt … 81971022&sr=8-3
The onboard video does not completely disable. When you switch the primary video from AGP to PCI in the BIOS setup, it will not allocate any memory to the onboard video adapter. You also need to disable it in the Windows Device Manager. After doing that I had no issues. The DOS compatibility is really good and it runs a lot of Windows 9x games. This has made for a really nice Super 7 system. The M599LMR motherboard was chosen because it is not the most sot after Super 7 board and therefore much more reasonably priced. I just wanted to share my experience if someone else want's to do a Super 7 build and save a few bucks on the motherboard in the process.