Advice to change processor

[moro2003]

Hallo friends,
I have dual boot - XP SP2 and WIN 98SE.
My hardware specification:
-Processor AMD Duron (tm) ver. x86 family 6 Model 3 stepping 1 Speed:949 MHz
-Memory ( RAM ) 512 MB
-Hard Disk Maxtor 4DO40H2
-Mother board: K7T Turbo 2 (MS 6330 v. 5.x ) ATX
Mainboard based on VIA@ KT 133A (VTA 8363A & VT82C686B)
Chipset designed for AMD Athlon TM/Athlon XP/Duron tm processor in the 426 pin package.
Supports up to 1800 MHz proessor
Socket A for AMD Athlon tm,Athlon XP, Duron tm processor
-BIOS AWARD SW International Inc ver. 6.00 PG

Please advice is it worth to change egzisting processor Duron 949 MHz with Athlon 1800 MHz , having in mind my actuall configuration.
Thanks for your help
Best wishes and happy New Year

 

[aquias]

Well, I haven't researched this at all but I'd say moving upwards is always good. Compare the cost of that chip to possibly doing a full upgrade and go from there.

And here

http://tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=602

You may get a few more responses here than you will here

 

[paparazi]

Hi there!
It would appear this motherboard will support up to XP2.6 (266fsb) but they are rare!
A more common option would be the XP2.4+ CPU (266fsb@2ghz) and this would offer a substantial performance increase over a lowly Duron 950.
You will however almost definately require a bios flash
See link below.

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=24&kind=1

Martin

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[cdogg]

The next biggest bottleneck appears to be your memory. The faster Athlons need the bandwidth that DDR brings to the table. Without it, your memory is barely running at half the speed of the CPU's FSB, which causes a huge latency gap.

Still, upgrading the CPU should give some performance gains. If you think there's any chance you'll upgrade the motherboard and memory anytime soon, then you might as well wait to do all 3 at the same time however. You'll have more options with what CPU you can buy. Now's a good time to grab any high-end Bartons that are left. An Athlon XP 3200+ 400MHz FSB can be had for less than $150.

Though OEM, I bought one at

http://www.bzboyz.com

for $130 with a $37 optional upgrade to Artic Silver paste, copper shim, decent $15 ball bearing fan/heatsink, round IDE/floppy cables, and most of all a 3-year upgrade warranty on the OEM cpu. You should be able to grab a decent Nforce2 or KT880 motherboard to support it for about $70 (check out

http://www.newegg.com),

along with two sticks of 256MB DDR 400 for less than $100 (go with 2 to run in dual-channel). Total upgrade here should be less than $350 after shipping...


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[moro2003]

Thank you very much for valuable advices.
I've already flash my BIOS with raccomended
upgrade and now I am looking to find some sutable CPU for a/m motherboard.
maybe I 've to contact MSI to ask foe their raccomandation regarding best CPU for me.