What Processor to buy?

First, I am new to AMD products.

I have a 244759-002 Compaq motherboard. No processor.

I check with the tech at hp/compaq and they said only a Athlon XP
1700+ (Socket 462 aka Socket A) cpu would work.

I would like to know is this correct? And if not I would like to know
what processors world work and what speed without overclocking. Also,
could a Athlon Sempron 2400+ work?

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:10:51 +0000, anon wrote:

> First, I am new to AMD products.
>
> I have a 244759-002 Compaq motherboard. No processor.
>
They don't make MB's. You need to find out who made it for them and the
model number. It's probably a FIC.

> I check with the tech at hp/compaq and they said only a Athlon XP
> 1700+ (Socket 462 aka Socket A) cpu would work.
>
Any /266 model should work.

> I would like to know is this correct? And if not I would like to know
> what processors world work and what speed without overclocking. Also,
> could a Athlon Sempron 2400+ work?

Forget the Sempron. Even though it might work, it'd be slow as hell
because it requires a 166MHz FSB and your board will probably only do
133MHz. Try and ID the actual board maker/model. Short of that, at least
what chipset it uses. If it'll run a 1700+, then it should run any /266
model all the way up to a 2800+ MP.

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