How much of a waste would it to be . . .

[ACiD303]

if I bought a 266Mhz FSB based Duron/Athlon (non-XP) in a 200MHz Motherboard?

Ive got an ABIT KT7 running a Duron 800@1000, id like to upgrade the chip (like to upgrade the system altogether but I really dont have the money) but the 100/200Mhz chips are a bit on the rare side and thus I think more expensive.

the 133/266 chips are more available and seem cheaper, but would they work at all, or would they just be underclocked? The KT7 does support 133 speeds through overclocking - but Im guessing everything else will be overclocked by doing this?

Im not going to buy new motherboard/chip/cooler/psu/ram/etc. etc. for upgrade, other than that, any views appreciated!

[bledd]

you'd be better off with a new mobo tbh.

http://www.aria.co.uk/BargainBasement.asp

selling an abit kx7-333 for £35!! bargin

[ACiD303]

Yeah it'll be nice to have that but read what I said : "Im not going to buy new motherboard/chip/cooler/psu/ram/etc. etc."

I only have PC133 RAM, so Id need to buy new DDR RAM and a new cooler at the very least, then another CPU so I justify spending money on a new motherboard.

My way isnt the most cost-effective to performance ratio, but for that £35 (which is more than I want to spend anyway) I can get the best chip my motherboard can support.

[liquid-fix]

It would work, but it would be underclocked, so depends on what the original speed was to how much the fsb decrease would effect it.

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