Processor Upgrade?

[bobhoskins1]

I've been given an old system that I'm trying to beef up a little, it's circa 2001.

Currently running an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (266 MHz FSB) CPU in an MSI K7T266 Pro2 Ver 2.0 motherboard.

Not wanting to upgrade the motherboard yet so from what I know that limits me to a Socket 4 / 462 chip and does the board limit me to chips with an FSB of 266 MHz or slower?

Any suggestions for processors? Found this on fleabay. All help appreciated.

Wally

 

[bobhoskins1]

Is the fastest CPU I could install the AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (266 MHz FSB)

 

[PatPheFox]

what socket(s) does your mobo support? or what mobo do you have?

 

[bobhoskins1]

Mobo is an (old) MSI K7T266 Pro2 Ver 2.0 supports socket 462 (Socket A)

[I think]

 

[PatPheFox]

here it says

# Socket A for AMD® Athlon™/ Athlon™ XP / Duron™ Processor.
# AMD Athlon XP (Palomino, Socket A) 1900+
# AMD Athlon (Thunderbird, Socket A) 1.4GHz
# AMD Duron ( Socket A) 950MHz

seems to have limitations on what can be put in of that socket

 

[Deviousmind]

Is the fastest CPU I could install the AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (266 MHz FSB)

Yes that will be the fastest cpu you can put into it but getting one is hard as they are rare, a 2400XP is easier to find

 

[StrangleHold]

Not wanting to upgrade the motherboard yet so from what I know that limits me to a Socket 4 / 462 chip and does the board limit me to chips with an FSB of 266 MHz or slower?

Any suggestions for processors? Found this on fleabay. All help appreciated.

Wally

From MSI the fastest processor it supports is a XP Athlon 1900+

They made a Barton core XP Athlon 2800+ with a 266 FSB. I have no idea why it could not run a higher 266 FSB XP Athlon. Could not be the votage because the Palomino ran on higher voltage then any of the XPs. They might just have stopped updating the bios.

here it says

# Socket A for AMD® Athlon™/ Athlon™ XP / Duron™ Processor.
# AMD Athlon XP (Palomino, Socket A) 1900+
# AMD Athlon (Thunderbird, Socket A) 1.4GHz
# AMD Duron ( Socket A) 950MHz

seems to have limitations on what can be put in of that socket

It supports more then just those three processors. About 5 XP Athlons lower then the XP 1900+. It supports all Thunderbirds, they went from 700mhz to 1.4ghz. And there are a bunch of lower then 900mhz. Durons.

 

[bobhoskins1]

Thanks for all your help, managed to pick up an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ on ebay for £1.20, now just have to hope it works like the seller claims and fit it.

 

[elliot_c]

My DAD's still using an Athlon XP 2600+ and it seems to run vista okay...