is it worth upgrading my athlon 950 to a 1.4ghz athlon

[sk8bloke22]

they are both socket A, im pretty sure my motherboard supports it, so i dont need to upgrade anything else...(im not talking about the Xp series here) that would be quite a nice speed increase im guessing. also how hard is changing processors, ive changed cdoms, gfx cards, ram, audio cards (simple stuff i know), but im guessing this just involves swapping the processors and a new fan, and a bios upgrade, is that right?

[sytaylor]

whats the motherboard? and im rpetty certain most older mobos take the 1.4 chip but not the newer xp stuff... course it would be worth it!! as for installing a cpu, its all about knowing not to fuck up heh... nah move the hsf, then there hsould be a lil leaver which requries some elbow grease

[sk8bloke22]

sweet, ill check the website, but i cant see why the mobo would restrict it...yah im not looking at Athlon XPs as that would mean a new mobo and ddr ram. im on budget.

[Slougi]

Well as long as your mobo supports a 133 Mhz (266 Mhz DDR) FSB, you'll be fine with Athlon XP's as well. Meaning if you have at least a KT133A chipset.

[sk8bloke22]

GA-7IXE



PROCESSOR
Slot A for AMD® -K7 Athlon 200MHz FSB processors
90*/95*/100/105*/110*/115* MHz FSB
AUTO detect CPU voltage

CHIPSET
AMD® 751 (Irongate) North Bridge
AMD® 756 (Viper) South Bridge
Winbond W83977 I/O set
Winbond W83782 health chip


MEMORY
16MB to 768MB DRAM size
3 x 3.3V DIMM sockets
Supports 64/128/256 MB SDRAM DIMM module
Supports ECC type DIMM module (72bits)


SLOT
1 x AGP slot supports 2X mode
5 x PCI slots support 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
2 x ISA slots

I / O
2 x Ultra DMA 33/ 66 Bus Master IDE ports on board
1 x FDD, 2 x COM, 1 x LPT, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse
¡@on board
2 x USB ports on board
2 x USB ports by cable (cable optional)
IrDA TX / RX Header (optional)


POWER
ATX power connector
Power-on by K/B, PS/2 Mouse, LAN, RTC, Modem & Switch
Power-off by Windows ® 95/98 Shut down & Switch
AC Recovery ON/OFF control
3 Level ACPI LED Support
Stop CPU Fan during entering suspend mode

FORM FACTOR
ATX , 4 layer PCB (30.5*20.8cm)

H/W MONITORING
Auto speed down and alarm when CPU overheat or fan failure
¡@(OS independent & driverless)
3 Fan power & speed detection connectors
Case open Detection
System Health status detect & report by BIOS & SIV
H/W detect ¡Ó5V, ¡Ó12V, CPU voltage & CMOS battery
¡@status


BIOS
2Mbit Flash RAM
AMI BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98 / Win98
¡@compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) & Anti-Virus
¡@functions
IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP & CD-ROM bootable
Auto-detect & report system health status

OTHER FEATURES
Includes Wake-On-LAN header (WOL)
Includes Wake-On-Ring (WOR)
Poly fuse for keyboard & USB overcurrent protection

DRIVERS
SIV utility
AMD® AGP miniport driver
AMD® bus master IDE driverm, supports UDMA 33/66

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[Slougi]

Ok, the Athlon TB1.4 w/200 Mhz FSB is the highest u can go. Be sure to not get the 266Mhz model, it will most propably not work.

[sk8bloke22]

just as i though, cheers anyway...fuck i forgot to check if my mobo was definitely the socket A one or the Slot A one...there were two versions available form gigaybte: 7ixe and 7ixe4...cant remember which one ive got, ill check later. cheers for the help

[Slougi]

Just open the case, it's fairly obvious

[fivefeet8]

Originally posted by Slougi
Ok, the Athlon TB1.4 w/200 Mhz FSB is the highest u can go. Be sure to not get the 266Mhz model, it will most propably not work.

Actually, it might work.. I had my TB 1.4 gig 266 mhz fsb cpu running at 1.33 gig 200 mhz fsb for a while until I upgraded my mobo.. Most Tb 1.4 gig 266 mhz fsb cpus come with their multiplier unlocked.. Easy OCing.. and UnderCing..

[Josep]

answer to the topic: YES