Upgrade CPUPresent CPU failing

[cyberdad]

I have a AMD Athlon XP2800 running at 2.08 GHz on an ASUS A7N8 X-E deluxe MB. I think that my CPU is trying to fail. I run mostly flight sim, and want to upgrade my system in about six months. For right now, in case of CPU failure, I would just upgrade my CPU to the fastest that this board would handle. Can anyone tell me how to determine that?

 

[nanaki333]

i had an a7n8x. it'll recognize a sempron 3100, but that's about it. not really worth upgrading to.


correction, i guess there's a 3300 socket-a sempron:

http://www.pcprogress.com/product.asp?m1=pw&pid=AMDSEM3300OEM

 

[AznVenom]

I'm not familiaer with AMD but you can go to the motherboard manufacturer site and find out what the latest cpu support for that board is and that includes a possible BIOS upgrade to the board for it.



Veno(V)

 

[cyberdad]

Veno(V) Obviously you have not tried to get information from the ASUS web site.

 

[myocardia]

These are going to be your best choice: XP-M 2800. It has an unlocked multiplier, so it's very easily overclocked. Of course, you'd get much more performance by spending that $100-120 on a Socket 754 or 939 motherboard and cpu combo.

 

[Stumps]

Hmmm A7N8X IIRC that should have 400mhz FSB support as it is an NF2 board so you should be able to run the 3200+ Barton..

easiest way to check is go to Asus's website and have a look at the specs of your board.

 

[nanaki333]

it's kind of stupid to upgrade to an obsolete processor that costs $100+ when you can get a faster, 64bit processor WITH motherboard combo for just as much. if not, cheaper.

 

[cyberdad]

 

[cyberdad]

 

[cyberdad]

Sorry about that. Here is my present thinking. I will get an ASUS A8N5X MB and an AMD Athlon 64 3800+. This MB will allow me to eventually upgrade to an Athlon duel core. I hope that I can re-install my present Corsair TwinX 1 GB DDR400 XMS3200, Radeon 9800np 128 DDR and my WD 120 GB SATA hard drive. I would later add another SATA hard drive. Would someone please critique this plan and point out the faults. I am basing this mostly on the fact that MicroSoft FSX does not fully utilize the dual core CPU. (This last from a Micrsoft devloper who works on FSX)