Elite K7S5A Processor

[colinbate]

I have an Elite K7S5A system board this is currently fitted with a Duron 1.2. Does anybody know what is the fastest processor i can fit. Will it take a Sempron processor.

Regards

[bart of borg]

Your board can accept Socket A up to 2600+.

Sempron is not a socket A CPU

[colinbate]

Thanks bart of borg

I had search the internet for an answer but I found so many different answers, I thought I'd ask for some one else's input.

The EliteGroup website CPU Support Table http://www.ecsusa.com/support/table_amd.html says 133MHz = 2100+ but it always says 133MHz (0.13µ) = 2600+ so I wasnt 100% sure which I could use.

Has anybody got any ideas if I can still get hold of a 2600+ and if so where (in the UK) I have looked and it seems like the Sempron has taken over this sort of size processor and as bart of borg says "Sempron is not a socket A CPU" so I cant use it.

Or shall I give up and buy a new motherboard and processor, not that I can really afford it

[bart of borg]

ECS is a really crappy motherboard anyway - you'll find that out when you try to sell it. No - one who knows anything about computers will want to touch it! If money is a concern, pick up a giga-byte board....for the money they are a decent brand.

[Drewdatrip]

Ya stick away from ECS, everytime they come into my chop its the same thing.

"I woke up thismorning and my computer was off...and now it wont turn on"

I pop open the case, i see the ECS logo, and surly enough all the capisators are blown.

Stick with Asus, MSI, abit or even Foxconn

|Drew|

[colinbate]

I've had this board for a couple of years now and I've had no problems with it. Apart from the on-board sound card being crap but then again aren't all on-board sound cards crap?

I just want to have a cost effective upgrade as the 1.2 I'm running at the moment isn't fast enough, and I'm short on cash.

I've looked at reviews of this board and I haven't found any bad words against this particular model, I have against other models but not this one. In fact I recall seeing a site saying it was the best board they've ever made.

[colinbate]

I have just received an email from www.maplin.co.uk

They are selling a 2600+ Motherboard Bundle which includes (amoungst other things) a Sempron 2600+ Processor and a Sempron Ready -Socket A motherboard, but you guys have told me Sempron isnt socket A.

2600+ Motherboard Bundle

So will a Sempron work in socket A?

Will it work on my motherboard the K7S5A?

Look forward to hearing from some one on this matter as I'm still looking to upgrade!

[BeenThereB4]

FOXCONN "K7S741GXMG-6L" SiS 741GX Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL

Model# K7S741GXMG-6L

Item # N82E16813186029

Specifications:

Supported CPU: Socket A for AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron/Sempron

Chipset: SiS741GX + 963L

FSB: 333MHz

RAM: 2x 184-pin DIMM for DDR 333/266 (Max. 2GB)

IDE: 2x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices

Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X, 3x PCI

Ports: 2x PS/2, 1x COM, 1xVGA, 1x LPT, 6x USB2.0(Rear 4), 1x LAN, Audio Ports

Onboard Audio: Integrated 5.1 channel AC97 (Realtek)

Onboard LAN: Integrated Fast Ethernet (10/100) MAC + PHY (Realtek)

Onboard Video: Integrated SiS high-performance graphics

Form Factor: microATX

The board offered to you does support Sempron

*****************************************************************

Elite K7S5A

DDR motherboard for AMD® K7 socket A processors with 266/200 MHz FSB

Integrated with the most advanced technologies:

Suspend to RAM

Keyboard power on

Hardware monitoring

LAN/Modem wake up

PROCESSORS

462 pin Socket A supports the AMD® K7 processors

Athlon XP / Athlon / Duron processors

Your current board does not support Sempron

[puntoMX]

Your board can accept Socket A up to 2600+.

Sempron is not a socket A CPU

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The first Sempron CPUs are for socket A, later based on the AMD 64 cpu sockets...

okay, to confirm that, it´s model 8 that fit socket A

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Techni...9_11683,00.html

I have just received an email from www.maplin.co.uk

They are selling a 2600+ Motherboard Bundle which includes (amoungst other things) a Sempron 2600+ Processor and a Sempron Ready -Socket A motherboard, but you guys have told me Sempron isnt socket A.

2600+ Motherboard Bundle

So will a Sempron work in socket A?

Will it work on my motherboard the K7S5A?

Look forward to hearing from some one on this matter as I'm still looking to upgrade!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Look here:

http://www.lejabeach.com/ECS/ez.html

To bad, there is no info if a Sempron is supported. But, like other people are telling you, go for a good motherboard this time, go for ASUS or ABIT for example .