CPU Upgrade for Socket 7 M/B

[M]

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?

 

[peter]

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/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

just a few of the many places that sell PC whole or piece by
piece...........your choice.
peter

 

[mike]

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

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[steve_k]

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/product.gsp?product_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