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CPU Upgrade for Socket 7 M/B
I have an old PC running Windows XP with a socket 7 board and an AMD K6 chip
running at 500 MHz with 320 MB of RAM. I had expected it to have run XP reasonably well. Unfortunately it is intolerably slow. I would like to replace the CPU with something faster without replacing the motherboard. This board supports a maximum front side bus of 100 MHz. I am prepared to buy a CPU on eBay. Can anyone advise if there is anything faster that will fit this board? |
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CPU Upgrade for Socket 7 M/B
Look at this page and figure out which K6 you have
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20001106/amd-01.html personal opinion Todays Systems are much faster and you might be surprised at the price compared to what you paid so many years ago. Go look at some websites and try to put together a basic system say based on an AMD Athlon XP processor...its not state of the art which makes them a good buy at this point in time. http://www.us.ncix.com/ncixpc/ http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...c.asp?CatId=31 http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs just a few of the many places that sell PC whole or piece by piece...........your choice. peter "M" wrote in message ... I have an old PC running Windows XP with a socket 7 board and an AMD K6 chip running at 500 MHz with 320 MB of RAM. I had expected it to have run XP reasonably well. Unfortunately it is intolerably slow. I would like to replace the CPU with something faster without replacing the motherboard. This board supports a maximum front side bus of 100 MHz. I am prepared to buy a CPU on eBay. Can anyone advise if there is anything faster that will fit this board? |
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CPU Upgrade for Socket 7 M/B
M wrote:
I have an old PC running Windows XP with a socket 7 board and an AMD K6 chip running at 500 MHz with 320 MB of RAM. I had expected it to have run XP reasonably well. Unfortunately it is intolerably slow. I would like to replace the CPU with something faster without replacing the motherboard. This board supports a maximum front side bus of 100 MHz. I am prepared to buy a CPU on eBay. Can anyone advise if there is anything faster that will fit this board? I had the same problem with win98. I replaced my k6/500 mobo with a PII-350 and was amazed at how much faster it ran. Fastest chip I know about is the K6-550. Not worth the trouble to replace even if you got it for free. Pitch the socket7. mike -- Return address is VALID. Wanted, Slot 1 Motherboard 500MHz Tek DSOscilloscope TDS540 Make Offer http://nm7u.tripod.com/homepage/te.html Wanted, 12.1" LCD for Gateway Solo 5300. Samsung LT121SU-121 Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/ |
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CPU Upgrade for Socket 7 M/B
if you want to install the OS again AND have a CD-ROM, hard drive & monitor
already, then for new and sub-$200 box ($188) check out http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3356850 a.. AMD 1.5 GHz Sempron 2200+ processor with 3DNow! Technology b.. 200MHz Frontside Bus c.. 128 MB DDR Memory, expandable to 2 GB d.. One PC266 DDR DIMM Socket available e.. Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Connection f.. Integrated Graphics up to 64 MB, default setting 32 MB g.. Integrated 5+1 Channels AC'97 Audio h.. Mid-Tower ATX Case (7.5 W x 17.5 D x 15 H) i.. Available drive bays: External, two 5.25, two 3.5 j.. Available slots: 2 PCI, 1 AGP 8x k.. Serial port l.. Parallel port m.. Four USB 2.0 ports (2 front-mounted) n.. 104 key keyboard o.. 2 button mouse w/wheel p.. Audio Port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in) q.. Stereo Speakers r.. Not included: hard drive, CD-ROM drive, modem, floppy disk drive, operating system "M" wrote in message ... I have an old PC running Windows XP with a socket 7 board and an AMD K6 chip running at 500 MHz with 320 MB of RAM. I had expected it to have run XP reasonably well. Unfortunately it is intolerably slow. I would like to replace the CPU with something faster without replacing the motherboard. This board supports a maximum front side bus of 100 MHz. I am prepared to buy a CPU on eBay. Can anyone advise if there is anything faster that will fit this board? |
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