Xmas time! Time for another upgrade.

[hammerhead]

Last year I bought a Epox 8K3A+. Now I'm trying to find out what my options are regarding CPU and memory upgrade. Can I go to a Barton 2500+ with some good PC2700 ram such as Kingston HyperX or Corsair XMS. I've read that the best I can do with my mobo is 166fsb. Is this true?

[camaro]

For Xnukah I got me a Barton 2500+. You might want to get faster RAM though. Something that can do 400MHz incase you want to up the FSB later to hit 3200+ like I did.

[Dax_Brandy]

8k3a+ has only a KT333 chipset and can work within 100 to 200Mhz mobo bus speed and ddr memory fsb of 266 and max 333mhz. and since you are getting a barton core processor, you may want to get a good 333Mhz mobo speed or higher to get maximum performance like the lates KT600 mobos.

[John Prophet]

I think they went to a bios where it can go to 255mhz now (theoretically, lol)...it mentioned 15x mulitplier etc. I looked but epox site sucks as far as just getting straight info....I never was able to find just a basic cpu support page. If it were ASUS or even ECS website we would have the answer as to max cpu in one minute.