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CPU upgrade
Name: eyeseyes Date: January 28, 2004 at 21:23:50 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.0 Ghz
Comment:
I have an ASUS P4B533E mobo and was wondering if I would be able to upgrade it to > 2.2 Ghz (ie buying a new processor), since the manual indicates that it can support '1.7 to 2.2+ GHz'. Does that mean performance is optimal for cpu of that speed? thanks.
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