Whats the best CPU my pc can take

[Hedge]

I bought this a long time back and dont remember anything about pcs these days.

Its an xp2500 on a dfi lanfinity board or summin. It can run at 3200 speeds occasionally.

Without changing board etc, what is the better chips for this thing?

 

[SidewinderINC]

same board as me, you can run any Socket A chip in that, i pushed my cpu to 2500mhz which is way above 3200 speeds.

have a look around for some good clocking Athlon-m chips, try ebay. you'll be surprised at what you can get for cheap if you're happy with staying 32bit.

 

[Cob]

Yeah look for an XP-M 2500+ or XP-M 2800+. Most will do atleast 2.4Ghz with decent cooling and some pc3200.

 

[SidewinderINC]

just tempted me to clock mine back up and see if i can break the 2500mhz barrier as i'm gonna be buying a nice shiny E6400 in a few weeks time

 

[GAMEfreak]

indeed, my mate bought a 3000+XP-m for £48 a cpl of months back, clocked to 2.66 or so on air, was well impressed , got a bit toasty at that speed, but bargain for the price at the time and even now for someone who doesnt want to upgrade everything else.

 

[Hedge]

Sounds like a plan.

I have a 6800gt graphics card and yeah i can play CSS perfect etc. i only have a 17" monitor so 1024x768 is fine for me..

i just think a bit more cpu power might be nice

 

[SidewinderINC]

i have a 6800GT too


a good idea might be instead of "wasting" money on a new chip if that one will do 3200 speeds buy yourself an Asrock conroe AGP/PCIe board and an E6300

that will set you back £150 and put you straight on the ladder for upgrading to conroe without buying a whole new system

thats if you plan to upgrade any time soon as you say you want more cpu power

 

[Hedge]

Cool. I think this old fella is due an upgrade lol