need info on old MOBO

[MGood777]

I have an old Gateway PC that has been upgraded a couple of times, and I'm looking for some info about the mobo now. I know it's an Intel Tabor 3 board.

Specifically...I want to know what's the most RAM that I can install, and what's the best AGP card I can install. (I think it's AGP2X but I'm not sure). I'm partial to ATI and it has a Radeon 7200 in there now. Anything better I can get?

I think I've already got the best CPU that I can put in there. It's a Slot 1 board and I have a P3-850Mhz. I think that's the fastest Intel made in the Slot 1 format. Anybody know that for sure though?

[mrmister1]

For the memory you can go to Kingston and use the memory search to find what memory will work with your computer.

For the video card you have to make sure you know what AGP slot it has. Faster cards will work in it but at lower speeds.

[Pounder]

go to the Gateway site (support) they will ask you for the serial number type it in the box and it will tell you everything you need

[mc2phat]

http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERB...000510nv.shtml

384 megs of RAM is the max according to their Upgrade Information (128 meg sticks X 3); Intel's says it'll take 256 meg sticks.

1X AGP is the best it will do; 8X is the latest AGP standard. Intel made slot 1 CPU's up to and a little over 1 gHz, they are VERY expensive. PowerLeap has a 1.4 gig Celeron upgrade for them, about $100.00. I would recommend saving your nickels and starting from scratch with a new build. That 850 processor would probably fetch you a decent price on eBay. The 100 mHz slot 1 CPU's 800-1000 mHz are rare and a lot of people want them. I would like to score an 850/100 slot 1 CPU myself. The thing your system has going for it is that it will probably last forever. The 440BX chipset is arguably the best chipset ever made. It will make a great backup system, or as suggested a good donation candidate. I am using a PIII 600E CPU (with DSL) and it does everything I need it to do well except play the latest games, which I don't care about anyway.

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by mc2phat http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERB...000510nv.shtml 384 megs of RAM is the max according to their Upgrade Information (128 meg sticks X 3); Intel's says it'll take 256 meg sticks. 1X AGP is the best it will do; 8X is the latest AGP standard. Intel made slot 1 CPU's up to and a little over 1 gHz, they are VERY expensive. PowerLeap has a 1.4 gig Celeron upgrade for them, about $100.00. I would recommend saving your nickels and starting from scratch with a new build. That 850 processor would probably fetch you a decent price on eBay. The 100 mHz slot 1 CPU's 800-1000 mHz are rare and a lot of people want them. I would like to score an 850/100 slot 1 CPU myself. The thing your system has going for it is that it will probably last forever. The 440BX chipset is arguably the best chipset ever made. It will make a great backup system, or as suggested a good donation candidate. I am using a PIII 600E CPU (with DSL) and it does everything I need it to do well except play the latest games, which I don't care about anyway.

Amazing! That info looks strikingly similar to what I said here

[mc2phat]

Wasn't plagiarizing you Red, I skipped his later post.

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by mc2phat Wasn't plagiarizing you Red, I skipped his later post.

Oh, I know. I was just chucklin' cuz I pretty much said the same thing earlier, inlcuding the max memory capacity. I feel for ya, MGood777. Kinda like having a Festiva and wanting to add enough parts to make it run like an '05 Mustang.

[mc2phat]

I looked around quite a bit, it looks to be the same as the retail Intel SE440BX, good solid board. I'm no gamer, but I'd bet even with spending the $$ to upgrade it he wouldn't be very happy for very long using it for that purpose. Maybe he'd donate the 850 to the Mc2phat Shop Computer Foundation?

[MGood777]

Thanks, Guys. I appreciate the input. I guess I did kinda duplicated that other thought in the gaming thread. Sorry about that.

I'm up in the air about what to do. If I do anything though, I think it'll just be to get a new barebones system and fill it full of memory and a good video card. In this one I have good hard drives, good optical drives, decent sound, and a display that I'm happy with. Think I'll probably just end up swapping that stuff to a new box.