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Okay, I'm going to ask some apparently newbie questions here, so please restrain yourselves (/me pulls on asbestos suit, just in case).
My questions are:
1) I have an Abit BX7 mobo. It says in the manual for this board that it only supports P3 processors up to 400mhz. I'm running a 300mhz vanilla p2 right now and I want to upgrade to somewhere in the 600-800 range. Can I just buy a new CPU or do I *have* to buy a new mobo too?
2) Why is everyone going to Socket 7? What's wrong with Slot 1 CPUs (i.e., the kind I have in my Abit?) Can Slot 1 processors be found for love or money these days or is everything FCPGCA?
3)What is FCPGCA anyway?
4) Can I mix and match SDRAM? I currently have one 8x64 stick of PC100mhz SDRAM. Could I, for instance, put in a 128mb, 16x64 stick of PC133 SDRAM?
Thanks in advance, and thanks for not flaming if you didn't, if you did, well, I hope you enjoyed it.
Oh-- please don't use my post as an excuse to continue the silly, childish, immature "AMD vs INTEL!" argument that's going on in the majority of other CPU threads. Thanks.
-networkboy
My questions are:
1) I have an Abit BX7 mobo. It says in the manual for this board that it only supports P3 processors up to 400mhz. I'm running a 300mhz vanilla p2 right now and I want to upgrade to somewhere in the 600-800 range. Can I just buy a new CPU or do I *have* to buy a new mobo too?
2) Why is everyone going to Socket 7? What's wrong with Slot 1 CPUs (i.e., the kind I have in my Abit?) Can Slot 1 processors be found for love or money these days or is everything FCPGCA?
3)What is FCPGCA anyway?
4) Can I mix and match SDRAM? I currently have one 8x64 stick of PC100mhz SDRAM. Could I, for instance, put in a 128mb, 16x64 stick of PC133 SDRAM?
Thanks in advance, and thanks for not flaming if you didn't, if you did, well, I hope you enjoyed it.
Oh-- please don't use my post as an excuse to continue the silly, childish, immature "AMD vs INTEL!" argument that's going on in the majority of other CPU threads. Thanks.
-networkboy