Will I be able to upgrade to a new processor in 6 months? This is my new system:

Moonshield

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Celeron 366@550
256MB PC100 Kingston
Abit BF6
Abit SlocKET
CL Annihilator Pro
Vortex 1 SC
Diamond Supra Express 56k ISA
WD Expert 20.5GB ata/66/100
TEAC Floppy
SuperMicro "Hydraulic" Black Mid-T case

Would I be able to upgrade to a 700MHz P3 later? a FC-PGA p3? I can always do that, correct?

A little confused..

M-S
 

gaidin123

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Yeah you should be able to upgrade that motherboard with little or no problems. You're only real issue is if you wanted to run a 133Mhz cpu in your motherboard. The BX chipset only officially supports up to 100Mhz though if you've been reading the articles on overclocking the BX chipset it seems like it'd be fairly easy to run it at 133 if your memory supports it. So if you didn't want to toss that 256MB stick of PC100 memory, you're stuck with either a Celeron 2 or a 100Mhz FSB PIII.

I think Intel's made Slot 1 PIIIs that run at 100Mhz FSB up to 800 or 850Mhz so you should be fine. If you wanted a FC-PGA PIII or Celeron 2 I'd recommend the Abit Slotket !!!...Just make sure your slotket specifically says that it supports FC-PGA processors (the Abit Slotket II didn't afaik).

If you need more info I'd suggest heading over to http://www.abit-usa.com and looking at your motherboard's specs.

Gaidin
 

TuffGuy

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you can but you'd need to get some cas2 pc133 ram. try to get some crucial, mushkin or mosel vitalic. those generally reach 150MHz with cas2 and 160 with cas3.