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i am new to the cumputer world, so give me a break. I have an GA-5AX motherboard. I would like to know how big of a processor i can put in it, and what kind am i going to need for it?
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http://www.active-hardware.com/english/reviews/mainboard/ga5ax.htm
1st Release Rev 3.0 4 PCI Slots / 3 ISA / 1 Shared Released with: BIOS 1.1 FG
2nd Release Rev 4.1 5 PCI Slots / 2 ISA / 1 Shared. Released with: BIOS 1.3 FG
The above link is for 2nd release
2nd Release Rev 4.1 5 PCI Slots / 2 ISA / 1 Shared. Released with: BIOS 1.3 FG
The above link is for 2nd release
Well, it supports multipliers up to 6x, and FSB up to 100 (though it _may_ go over, up to 140 - but Gigabyte doesn't guarentee that).
The speed of the CPU is the multiplier times the FSB, so 6x100 = 600.
However, AFAIK the fastest socket 7 chip is the AMD k6-2 550, which runs at 5.5x100, although it is quite likely that you could overclock the chip to 6x100=600 with a decent heatsink/fan on the CPU. Here's an article you may find helpful for that http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000713/
The speed of the CPU is the multiplier times the FSB, so 6x100 = 600.
However, AFAIK the fastest socket 7 chip is the AMD k6-2 550, which runs at 5.5x100, although it is quite likely that you could overclock the chip to 6x100=600 with a decent heatsink/fan on the CPU. Here's an article you may find helpful for that http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000713/
I have same system here. Cleaned off my desk earlier and found manual. What a bonus. Anyway I am running the fastest chip Possible K6-II 550. You can get them for about 25.00 now. I know this is a repeat of info but I have one here running and it works.
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Stay with AMD on this. Avoid Cyrix like the plague you won't get the same speed so it is pointless.
pb - have you tried overclocking it to 600? The k6-2's aren't multiplier locked, so you can just change the multiplier to 6.
It won't boot.
I tried even upping the FSB to 112 and same thing won't boot if set over the 5.5 multiplier. For such a small gain it's not worth it to me. I have also a P III 1 gig, the machine I am sending this from. So you can see I wojuld rather have things run at designated speeds and be more reliable.
I am glad I helped you out on this.
I am glad I helped you out on this.
Bummer! I've got a k6-2 300 running at 350 (3.5x100), but if I push it up to four it won't boot either.