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114470 2003-01-16 20:51:00 My pc has an Intel Freeman motherboard and a Celeron 500 processor, my question is this, is it possible to upgrade to one of the new processors on this motherboard or do I have to get a new motherboard?If it is possible to upgrade on the existing motherboard will the system bus be still 60 or can I make it go faster.Thanks still learning. kings (2729)
114471 2003-01-16 21:12:00 Need to know more details about the motherboard. But its unlikely you could upgrade it much higher, and it's unlikely the chips are still avaliable.

the FSB will stay at 66 and hence would slow down a new processor
Your best to go and by an AMD + m/board combo.
roofus (483)
114472 2003-01-17 08:17:00 need to find model number and check on the manafactures web site to see what the highest cpu it can take. it most likly will need an updated bios so check the site for that as well. the highest you might be able to go is a 1 ghz p3. however a 1.3 ghz duron and new mobo might be a better option. tweak'e (174)
114473 2003-01-20 06:43:00 You wouldn't be able to go over 1Ghz max, most likely max you could go is 733Mhz with a Celeron. (11x66MHZ FSB) kiwistag (2875)
114474 2003-01-20 07:57:00 without know the motherboard used its a little piontless to guess the max it could go. some boards can use a 133mhz bus but even at 100mhz 1ghz'ish if possible with the right board, bios etc. tweak'e (174)
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