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| 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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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 . | |||
