I have a AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+ processor and my computer is a iextreme.
2006-12-11 02:50:16 · 8 answers · asked by RIC624 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You will only be able to upgrade processor to the maximum allowed by the motherboard. Check out which is the highest your motherboard/chipset will take and go for the fastest.
2006-12-11 02:52:50 · answer #1 · answered by Ben C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to upgrade, I would suggest an AMD Athlon Dual Core processor. AMD recently slashed their prices by nearly 50% on all CPU's. Unfortunately this means getting a new Motherboard also and possibly RAM.If you can get a socket 939 board and CPU then you won't really need new memory although it would help. Most likely though you will have to get a socket AM2 board and CPU which means you will also need DDR2 RAM.
2006-12-14 12:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by david w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
icman is correct in my opinion. XP2700+ is a socket A, clocked at 2.17 if I remember correctly. You will not have much luck trying to upgrade this.
I would consider a new build if I were you. Although AMD has kicked butt recently, and I've owned only AMD for the last several years, Intel's new core 2 duo is currently the best CPU.
2006-12-11 11:15:54 · answer #3 · answered by Wurm™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stick with AMD mate. I have a 64bit AMD although its getting old (1.5years) its guna last me a couple more years. It munches up Vista too with ease. I recommend getting 2 gig of ram to keep things running smoothly. check out some sellers on ebay too- I got a monster deal for £400 . All I have added was a Nvidia graphics card upgrade.
2006-12-11 10:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by wragster 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to system then hardware, and get the model number for your motherboard. then look up what processor it will support and what socket. then buy that processor from newegg.
2006-12-11 11:03:35 · answer #5 · answered by joelius24 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say this but, with that old of a cpu, if you want to upgrade to the newest cpu's, you would be better off buying a new computer(or build a new one).
2006-12-11 10:54:10 · answer #6 · answered by icman87 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends what motherboard you have and what it supports.
2006-12-11 10:52:59 · answer #7 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://tomshardware.co.uk/
2006-12-11 12:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by GEORGE N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋