Originally posted by: gangster53
Ive got a amd anthlon/duron motherboard a7v-vm. I am going to buy a processor for it but i dont know what processors work on it. Can you please send us the name and price for the processor that can work with this motherboard so i know what type of processor i am going to have to buy and what the prices will be
This is really urgent........
If you really have the Asus A7V-VM (1999-2000, is the year they make it, IIRC), then you have an old motherboard, that will take any old Duron and Athlon that have a 100MHz (200ddr) FSB. this board use the kt-133 chipset, whis use 100-133 MHz sd-ram. No DDR memory here.
If you want to stay safe, dont get AthlonXP and up. Just get the plain Athlon, the thunderbird core, and NOT the T-Bird "C" core, which need a fsb at 133, which require at least the kt133A. If you get a Duron, I'm not sure, but I dont think that it support the newer core, which I dont remember the name. You may not find any BIOS to support newer chips, so that why I tell you to stay safe.
If you want something fast and stable, get not higher than an Athlon 1000. the higher clocked Athlon ran very hot and unless you know about good cooling and airflow in a case, I dont advise.
SD-RAM memory become harder to find at low price, because the newer DDR memory is the new standard and no new motherboard support older memory standard. You need at least 256megs if you plan to run newer apps and OS. 512 definitively better.
At this point, you should ask yoursefl if it worth it to spenp any money for that old board that may fail anytime and leave you with useless old parts. Unless you get the CPU and memory for free.
So, all what the other told you is not advisable in your case, if you have the A7V-VM. if it is a more modern motherboard, then you may support faster CPU, but if you dont, anything tha krcat1 tould you wont work. he should have researched more before maybe giving you false info.