is good!

...Um... Static? Are you the guy who was expecting to have a new baby in the family any time now?

Yes that was I... still waiting... just past 37 weeks... she still is having periodic Braxten hicks... but no baby yet.

Sounds like your life is on a roll! Good to hear. Keep us updated about the baby, OK? How is your new house?

I am running a P3 450 on a Tabor MP440BX, would it work on mine?

Everyone with a intel (crap) chip should consider switching over to a AMD chip. Better benchmarks.

Sorry Kona0197, but out of necessity, I taught myself how to build this only computer from the scraps of three others that I was able to procure from throwaways.

Until I can easily afford to buy a new one, this one will have to suffice. I take great pride in being able to salvage junk piles and give them new life.

For some of us, we cannot afford the luxury of of choice.

I'm with you jake I've done the very same... the only money I really spent on it was on the Proc... it was about $170 us... but I paid $250 canadian.
I don't know if it will work on yours or not. There is a utility they have that you can run it. Email them the results and they will email you back with any possible upgrade suggestions.
post your email. I'll send you the link.

Goodmorphing... so far so good... thanks for asking.

Thanks §tatic, I will give it a try.

Best wishes on the new upcoming addition.

@ jake11

I only spent a total of $290 on this system:

AMD Athlon XP 2200 @1.9 ghz
K7S5A Mainboard with SIS 745 Chipset
128 DDR 2100 Memory
SIS 64 MEG 8x AGP Video Card
40 Gig HD
DVD drive
Black Case with See thru side

All these parts are brand new, in the box. I never use used stuff.

kona0197 I've noticed that you seem to hate anything that is successful... like MS and Intel... so tell me how you gonna get OS X running on your AMD? Or is the power PC chip ok with you... IBM had a hand in creating that chip... they are pretty successful as well...

I don't hate everything successful. that not true. I just don't like Intel because everyone knows that AMD chips run cooler, outperform Intel chips, and cost less. As far as Microsoft, why should I pay $299 dollars for a OS that the bugs are still being worked out of? I am using a microsoft product right now. It's called Windows ME. Far less complicated and takes up way less space. As far as OS X, I'm gonna sell this computer and buy a apple. Since a apple is unix based, they hardly ever crash.

I read that you plan on buying an apple... but as they say don't put all your apples in one basket... hehe... anyway you should do some more research on apples version of unix ... you might find some eye opening er... shall we say bugs! They are going thru growing pains of their own.

I just don't think that what is suitable for one is suitable for all... different uses and different circumstances will determine what is "best"
There is no way I can get an AMD that will run faster then the Tualatin 1.4 on my BX board without any mods... so for me Intel is #1 at the moment

usually mainboard don't run both AMD and intel, being that the two chips are different sizes and voltages. But you could go to outpost.com and check out the deals they have there. For $100 bucks you can get a good mainboard and a AMD 2400 chip. And if you put a AMD system of the SAME speed and configuration next to your system, SiSandra would confirm that the AMD system blows Intel out of the water.