| If you have A ... |
The best Upgrade is.. |
Why? |
Total Cost |
| 486 |
Buy a whole New computer |
Computers are so much more advanced now, upgrade options
for 486 systems are slim and probably will not give you the performance
boost you are looking for. |
$500+ Low End
$1,000 - $1,500
$1,500 High End |
| Pentium (any speed with 16MB RAM) |
Buy at least 16MB of additional RAM |
Todays programs are requiring more and more RAM.
I recommend you have at least 32 MB of RAM more if you can afford it. |
$25 - $60 |
| Pentium (any speed with 1 or 2 MB 2D Video card) |
Buy at least a 4MB Video card |
You will get significant improvment in your video speed
by upgrading your video card. Add a 3D accelerator if you play lots
of 3D video games. |
2D $25-$200
2D/3D $50 -$200
3D $75-$200 |
| Pentium (any speed with no hard drive space left) |
Buy a new Hard Drive |
If you buy a big enough hard drive you may never have
to upgrade this part again. You can also transfer this part to a
new system if you decide to buy a new system down the road. |
$120-$200 depending on size |
| PB 640 Motherboard (with no L2 cache) |
Add L2 cache if you have a COAST socket |
212k will increase your systems performance by 24%, 512k
will add another 4% increase. |
$20-$40 |
| Pentium-60 Systems |
Buy PowerLeap PL-54CMMX-233 Adapter with an Intel 233
MMX processor |
This upgrade can bring your system up to 210 or 233 MHz
depending on max bus speed. |
$199.95 |
| Socket 5 Pentium-75 to 133 Pentium Systems |
PL-ProMMX-233 Intel MMX |
This upgrade can bring your system up to 233 MHz depending
on max bus speed. An IDT Winchip can also be used with out a BIOS upgrade
and it cost a lot less. |
$179 |
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OR
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| PL-ProMMX AMD K6-2 |
This upgrade can bring your system up to 333 MHz and
maybe even 400 MHz. The BIOS upgrade can be tricky but it is well
worth it. |
$179 - $249
+ $40- $80 for the BIOS |
| Socket 5 and Socket 7 Pentium-75 to 233 Pentium Systems
with a BIOS that Supports AMD processors (PB 600) |
PL-ProMMX AMD K6-2 |
This upgrade can bring your system up to 333 MHz and
maybe even 400 MHz. Without the L2 cache this is still a good upgrade,
however performance will be cut a bit. |
$179 - $249 |
| All other Socket 7 Pentium-75 to 233 Pentium
Systems |
PL-ProMMX-233 Intel MMX |
This upgrade can bring your system up to 233 MHz depending
on max bus speed. An IDT Winchip can also be used with out a BIOS
upgrade and it cost a lot less. |
$179 |
| OR |
| PL-ProMMX AMD K6-2 |
This upgrade can bring your system up to 333 MHz and
maybe even 400 MHz. The BIOS upgrade can be tricky but it is well
worth it. |
$179 - $249
+ $40- $80 for the BIOS |
| All System that are > 233 MHz or more should have sufficient
power for todays applications and probably don't need a CPU at the time
of this writting . |