i am currently trying to get the most out of my old socket 7 computer and have been buying a lot of new parts for it but i need to know whats better AMD K6-2 400Mhz or Pentium 233Mhz MMX my mobo supports 66,68 and 75Mhz fsb and multiplier goes to 5.5 which at the most is 412.5Mhz?? the mobo webpage (TEKRAM P5T30-B4) shows that the mobo supports up to an AMD K6 300Mhz but thats only 66Mhz x 4.5 im guessing it would support the newer K6-2's at 400Mhz as the bus speeds and multiplier support it...?? would it work anyway beside all that i heard that the old pentium 233 out does the AMD K6 400 is this the same with the K6-2? if not i guess ill try and get one so which is better and if the AMD is better will it work on me mobo

I am not sure, but I do know that Dell makes sure the BIOS for their MMX motherboards are for intel only. But as long as it is not a Dell, then a AMD K6-2 may work. I am doing the same as you, trying to squeeze as much power that I can out of my 200mhz PC =)

thanx great gamer i have been reading quite a lot of your questions etc and realise that u r doing the same as me, have any recommendations?? My PC: Tekram P5T30-B4 mobo i have purchased a 200Mhz MMX CPU (in the mail now) i hope to clock this to 233 just bought a Lite-On 52x CD-ROM (great) just bought a 3.2gig Quantum fireball hdd hoppefully buy a GEforce2Mx400 w/64Mb ram i have to buy a PCI one as me mobo dont have AGP port (dam) i would of bought a bigger hard drive but i have no idea if my mobo can handle the big 20 40 and 80 gig hard drive or else ill get a 20 any reccomendations would help on this old thing and i dont know if my 200W psu is enough power??

the pentium 233 does NOT come close to the AMD k6-2 400. the 400 is much much faster. All you need then is a super socket 7 motherboard to run the AMD in.

The K6-2/400 should run provided your mobo supports the proper voltage. I'd set the FSB at 75mhz & multiplier at 5.5x & give it a whirl...it should run at 421.5 mhz without a prob. Here's a trick for ya that might work: try setting the multipier at 2.0x & see if the K6-2 "sees" it as 6.0x...if so, you may be able to run that 400 at 450mhz. If the multipier trick works but you have probs running with 75mhz FSB, set it back to 66mhz & you can still run at 400mhz (66 x 6.0).

Sure Lionel, I can share to you all that I have learned. I have a Dell Optiplex Gxi Pentium 200 MMX Socket 7 I upgraded this thing like crazy! I replaced the 32MB RAM with 128MB, I would get more upgrades, but now I am buying things that are compatible with almost any PC. I have a Geforce2 MX400 PCI card, but I learned that your Pc could handle a Geforce3. The differences that I noticed is the anti-aliasing, if you are unfamiliar with that term, it means that effects how smooth colors fade in games. And the Geforce 2 isn't really good for that. So since you haven't bought it yet, definitely consider the Geforce3 or a 4 for that matter =) I orded an Aopen sound card to match the GPU since I am having sound conflicts. And I also have 4 case fans just in case, although I don't need them, but they are only $5 for ball bearing fans. I just ordered a 20 gig HD, I will really know for sure how it works. I was told by many people that as long as it says "ATA 100, or ATA 133, then your motherboard could use anything Hard Drive that is ATA. The only harddrives that don't work are the ones that go over like 130 gig, but I don't think we have to worry about that =) I would never take up that much memory =/ I only use about 2000 MB now on my HD heh. Oh yeah, the HD is also 7200 RPM, which is faster then the 5400 RPM one I have now. If that 400 AMD will work with your PC, then get 256 MB RAM and a nice Geforce card and you should be set =) I want to get a 56X CD Drive, but I heard that if it is too fast, that it will skip a lot =/ Cya

I just build a computer from recycled parts with a Tekram P5MVPA4 motherboard. This is a super socket seven board, that was made a little later than yours. When you visit the Tekram site make sure you read every word of their manual. There were some differences among their boards that had the same model numbers. An example would be one board would have 256KB L2 cache, another 512KB L2 cache, and another might have 1MB L2 cache. These three boards also might have different maximum ammount of memory that can be installed. Example 128MB, 256MEG and 512MB. The table at the front of the on-line manual gives the maximum. You have to read into the manual to find out what the other combinations were. On my board it says 512MB memory, and 1KB of L2 cache. I checked farther into it and discovered that my board would only take 256MB of memory and only had 512KB of L2 cache. I put 512MB on it anyway, and sure enough it only recognized 256MB. }:-( Set your multiplier to 2.0X. All K6-2's were remapped by AMD to read 2.0X as 6X. Get a good fan and a heatsink/fan combination for a Socket A/Socket 370 to cool it. Yes it will fit. Also make sure you set your voltage to spec's for the K6-2 and not the Intel CPU. I think they are different, I don't remember for sure. Running your K6-2 at 6X and a FSB of 75Mhz will give ou 450Mhz. You may have to up the voltage slightly. Try it by 0.1 volt steps until it runs stable. One thing for sure a K6-2, especially an overclocked one will help heat your house, make sure that the heatsink is on right, use thermal paste, and a good fan.