Don't know much about AMD, will this work?

[KeyserSoze]

Alright, first post in this forum, and my friend told me you could do this, so if anyone knows about this, please lemme know.

I was told that you could buy like a 700 mhz computer with AMD chip, and as long as it has a 200 mhz bus, I could just upgrade and put in a 1 ghz chip. Is it really that easy? What other things would I have to check for on compatibility?

If you all have any good sites with FAQ's about this stuff, that would also be appreciated.

Thanx in advance.

 

[CraigRT]

Yeah that's pretty much true depending on the mobo.. But since the AMD's are fairly new I'd think any new AMD board would take a 1GHz CPU. But it's the same for Intel pretty much, If that is all you are looking for is upgradeability then you can go each way. Intel CPU's cost more money than AMD's, but AMD's motherboards usually end up costing more than Intels. Altho the price between the mobo's is not as big as the diff. in CPU price, most people choose AMD for a new system, also because of the fact clock for clock they are faster than an Intel couterpart. On Another note, all of the Athlon family is on a 200MHz bus, (100 DDR). ie. Duron, Athlon, Thunderbird. The only possible differences between the compatibilities of the different AMD CPU's is how they plug in. the older "classic" Athlons are slot A
which looks like an Intel slot 1 (PII style) and the Thunderbirds and Durons are commonly Socket A which is like Intel's socket 370 (most newer PIII's and all Coppermine-Celerons are socket.)

Also, for ease of use, *most* people prefer Intel systems. Not saying everyone does or anything, but Intel systems are normally plug and play pretty much, AMD systems require a bit more TLC.