Whats the Fastest Processor My Motherboard Can Handle?

Lawbag_2

Are there any website or utility programs which can interrogate/analyse your mothboard and work out the fastest processor the motherboard can handle?

I have a 3 yo motherboard running an AMD 1.8mhz, and I wanted to ramp it up as much as possible.

The manual doesnt refer to any other processors as the 1.8 was the fastest chip at the time

Joe_Bloggs

It would be nice to know what the motherboard is. The manufacturer will often update a list of compatable processors. There may be bios upgrades to support the recognition of newer processors.
AMD have given up making Socket A processors. Find out about sockets here.
There is a freeware utility called CPU-Z that will identify your processor and motherboard. See http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
J_B.

Poppycat

As said CPUID does the job, I was using it other day as I want to use bits from an Dell PC dimension 3000 and get a 478 socket mobo with pci-e and wasnt sure which Celron D it was you can get two different sorts, very handy program