--- Jason Hayes wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 15:34 -0500, > FoulDragon@aol.com wrote: > > If it's like a Socket 370 system, remember: > Socket 7, Socket 370, and Socket > > A all use the same heatsinks; for best > compatibility, seek one which uses > > only the centre ridge on the socket to clip to. > It might be hard to find a > > specifically-marked-as-such Socket 370 or 7 sink > these days. > > True, but he only described the PC as "pretty old". > That's a relative > term. A socket 7 PC would be ancient - almost museum > quality stuff IMHO. > So pretty old could mean an early P4? Either way, > there are some old > soldiers sitting around in almost everyone's closet > that have a socket A > or a slot 1 CPU. Digging one of those out would > still be a possibility. > > The amount of effort expended would depend on just > how cheap he really > is (cheap also being a relative term). But I > digress. 8o) > it's a old socket A athlon XP 1700. Something I'd like to upgrade anyway; partly because I have a copy of HL2 that I've never been able to play. the biggest cpu I could put on that board is an athlon xp 2100 which would cost about $100 or so if I could find one for that board. It's also got a 32 mg Geforce2 MX which sucks. Also, I lost a hard drive earlier this year and am down to one. I prefer to keep two in the box: one for system(s), one for data. It does have several other parts I can scavange. Shin zen ni rei -j Registered Linux user number 403109 http://counter.li.org/ __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss