What's the fastest CPU my VIA Apollo Pro133A chipset will support?

[Syringer]

I currently have a 1ghz Celeron on there running at 1.1, and was wondering how much faster I can go with this motherboard..or if I should just go with a new CPU/mobo. My primary use for extra power would be for ripping DVD's..

 

[Gamingphreek]

New... get an Athlon 64... if you are ripping DVD's and stuff get a SCK 754 or greater AMD or any of the P4's except the Celerons.

-Kevin

 

[Concillian]

Athlon 1.4 GHz is the fastest that will support. Not worth the upgrade from a duron 1.1, just go for a new MB+CPU. Shop in the FS/FT forums for people getting rid of their old tbreds and such. tbred~$50 + motherboard ~$50 + 512MB PC3200 ~$75. should get you up to around 1.9 - 2.2 GHz depending on how well the tbred overclocks.

If you REALLY want a step up then an A64 2800+, motherboard, and RAM would run closer to $300 and be another jump up over the tbred.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Concillian
Athlon 1.4 GHz is the fastest that will support. Not worth the upgrade from a duron 1.1, just go for a new MB+CPU. Shop in the FS/FT forums for people getting rid of their old tbreds and such. tbred~$50 + motherboard ~$50 + 512MB PC3200 ~$75. should get you up to around 1.9 - 2.2 GHz depending on how well the tbred overclocks.

If you REALLY want a step up then an A64 2800+, motherboard, and RAM would run closer to $300 and be another jump up over the tbred.

He's got a CELERON, not a DURON, his setup is INTEL not AMD.

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: Budman

He's got a CELERON, not a DURON, his setup is INTEL not AMD.

Are you SURE about that? He was very specific in the Thread title that he had an Apollo Pro 133A, which is a socket A chipset, not a chipset for Intel processors.

He wrote Celeron, but based on how specific he was about the chipset, he probably meant Duron.

Conflicting information here, though it doesn't really matter as there is little upgrade path whether it's a Celeron or a Duron.

 

[FuFighterStan]

Apollo Pro 133A is not a Socket A chipset. It was a VIA chipset for Pentium III's and Celerons for Socket 370

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: FuFighterStan
Apollo Pro 133A is not a Socket A chipset. It was a VIA chipset for Pentium III's and Celerons for Socket 370

Aye, KT133(A) was the AMD chipset.

I'd for the new CPU/MOBO combo myself. If you don't need the power, a decent s754 mobo is not that expensive, and an A64 2800 or a Sempron 3100 are fairly cheap as well.

 

[Concillian]

Holy crap I must be getting old or something sorry for the confusion. Damn.

 

[Zap]

There are a few things to consider besides just tossing in a new mobo and CPU. He may need a better HSF, different RAM, maybe even a better PSU to handle the new CPU/mobo. It is totally possible to give his old system a nice little oomph for very little work and little cost.

Syringer, you'll need a Tualatin socket adaptor and a Tualatin CPU. There is a budget version of the adaptor that some places (compgeeks?) sold for around $10. If you can't find one, PM me as I've got a few spares. Then, buy a Tualatin CPU. You can choose a P3 with 256k cache up to 1.2GHz or a P3 with 512k cache (technically a "server" chip) up to 1.4GHz, or a Celeron with 256k cache up to 1.4GHz. A really hot budget setup would be a Celeron 1.0A or 1.1A (the "A" version is the 256k cache Tualatin versus your 128k cache Coppermine) overclocked to 1.33/1.46GHz. The 1.2GHz were a tossup on whether they can hit 1.6GHz. The 1.3/1.4GHz Celerons probably aren't worth overclocking too much.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Aye, KT133(A) was the AMD chipset.

To be fair to Concillian, KT133(A) was also had Apollo in the name.

 

[MDE]

It'll take a 900MHz SpiderMMX.

Honestly, I'd ditch it for a Fry's Sempron\Athlon XP combo and get more speed for the buck.

 

[Zap]

Nobody's saying that the Sempron combo wouldn't be better, but for around $50 (less than current Sempron deals) Syringer can get up to a 50% boost in CPU performance (stock 1GHz to 1.4GHz, 128k cache to 256k) for very little work. With a Sempron deal, gotta purchase RAM, then may have to purchase a power supply, then have to swap out many parts instead of just a CPU, then may have to reinstall Windows after it dies from the new motherboard, then have to install motherboard drivers.

I do agree that the Sempron would definately be faster, hands down and in all cases. However, there's something to be said about a cheap and easy 50% boost in performance.