upgrade question, need your help :)

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:19 am

I have a Presario Desktop 7587 wit a P III 550 chip 100mhz busspeed.
Will a P III 1Ghz chip 133 work in this machine?

here the specs for the presario
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.j ... =c00012601

and here the chip i would like to buy
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... gory=14292

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:27 am

Nope.. Won't work, unless you're extremely lucky. Most compaq boards are made specifically for the chip that comes with them. I've got one that has a 667 in it tried a 100mhz FSB chip in it and it wouldn't even post. If you can get the chip for testing purposes it would be worth a shot. But also be aware you'll need to RAM as well, and it's possible that the mobo won't accept 133mhz SDRam because I know that was a problem with the compaq I have as well, would not accept anything BUT PC100. GL eGo

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:44 am

hmm shucks, I dont think the RAM would be a problem for Crucial lists 133 for this model. And so far I never had problem with crucial, and picky motherboards like HP's or e-machines.
So do you think not even a P !!! 700 100 FSB will work?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 3471311160

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:58 am

for the same money - you might find you can find a faster mb and cpu trying to get it on pca forsale forum or others when you figure in the shipping costs !

matt719 · Post by **matt719** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:11 am

Just buy Athlon tbred b 2400+ 2GHz ($60)
http://www.portatech.com/catalog/viewitem.asp?ID=7347

and a $36 motherboard and you'll have a computer twice as fast for probably less than a P3 CPU.
http://www.partspc.com/store/product3594.html

I'm not positive if that motherboard can support the 2400+ but it looks like it does. Maybe someone can give better examples, but P3s are just very expensive for how they perform.

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:15 pm

I have a friend that had a 2400+ in a board with that same chipset. Should work.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:36 pm

He's going to need more than a new mobo, CPU and RAM. You can't put a stock ATX mobo in a Compaq Presario case.

This rig going to be used for serious gaming? If not, you can pick up a Dell 2400 without an OS installed for cheap:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product ... l=en&s=bsd