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A7V333 with XP2100+: what is the higher cpu I could upgrade?

 
 
Zeneca
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      23rd Apr 2005
I'm considering to push up the current set on my pc.

Appart of memory and video card, I'm considering to get the fastest cpu this
mobo could accept.

I also wonder if the final result might worth speed wise.

Thanks for your hints.





 
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Zeneca
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      23rd Apr 2005
I've found some more info:
Athlon XP 3000+(333 MHZ FSB)(Model 10)(Barton); for PCB rel.2.00 with BIOS
version 1016.

However still not clear if the improvement could worth speed wise.
Your experience?


 
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      23rd Apr 2005
http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx



Select mb name
Select socketA(462)
then select your board


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Ledswinger
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      26th Apr 2005
Zeneca wrote:
> I've found some more info:
> Athlon XP 3000+(333 MHZ FSB)(Model 10)(Barton); for PCB rel.2.00 with BIOS
> version 1016.
>
> However still not clear if the improvement could worth speed wise.
> Your experience?
>
>


Well, if you've got a 2100+, there is a good chance that you have PCB
1.01 which was current when the 2100/2200 Athlons were mainstream. That
will limit your upgrade option to a 2600+, a speed change that you
probably won't notice. Assuming that you've got PCB 2.00 then as you
write, you could put in a 3000+, but chances are your 2100+ has 266 FSB
and PC2100 RAM modules. So you may need to upgrade your memory to
PC2700, as well as the CPU, and the cost then starts looking quite high
if you are buying the components. That will max out your A7v333, but
whether it is better to look at a motherboard upgrade you'll have to
judge. You may also want to take account of your graphics card if you
are playing games. Chances are that a good mid price graphics card
would give a much greater speed increase than a faster CPU for games.

I've just been looking at this for my A7v333 PCB1.01 2400+, and
concluded that a new socket 939 motherboard will give me a better deal -
SATA, RAID, PCI express, assorted other tech improvements, and a
platform that will last a year or two. What that means though is that I
need to buy a new graphics card (no AGP slot on the new M/B), and a new
copy of Windows XP (because my copy was pre-installed by the system
builder, and is locked to the BIOS of the A7v333. You may feel that a
pre-built system is a better bet, given that an upgrade will use so few
parts from your existing system.

You pay your money and take your choice

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