Upgrading To A PIII?

[SpecOpsHoov]

I have a PII 350 Mhz machine, and I'm thinking about possibly upgrading my processor. I figure I'd have to install a new motherboard with it, if I want to go to a PIII, correct? Can anyone give me an idea of whether or not I could go from a PII to a PIII by replacing the motherboard and processor?

My friend just upgraded from a PIII 500 to a PIII 800, but he had to replace his motherboard since the new processor didn't want to work with his current one.

I'm confused on whether or not I can do this also.

 

[lucky]

u have to change the whole thing 4 reasons of compatablity and performance u wont acheive good performance with a old mobo and a newer processor.
as for the compatiblity part im no that sure as both P!! and P!!! are using slot 1 and running at fsb of 100......
(there is a choice of 100 and 133)maybe u could read the mobo manual or something

but in my opinion....get a t-bird or XP
u probably need a little ini weenie bit more $$$ but its worth the performance
i dunno wat's the price like in ur country but XP is selling like hotcakes and prices are down to less than $50 US for a XP1600 and the mother board wouldn't cost much a KG7 for a little more than $100 and maybe a stick of 256 DDR for bout $50 but recently the price of DDr has gone up and i didn't keep track of it
and probably get a new hdd at ATA100 and 7200rpm and it would be the dream pc for processing and gaming if u have some good SVGA card and a audigy local product(proud of it)lolzzzz

 

[SpecOpsHoov]

::bump::

I'd like a few more answers if possible.

 

[t'kron]

Yes you need a new motherboard

Your old motherboard will not support the cpu speeds of the PIII, and may not even recognize the PIII cpu.

Yes you can upgrade your computer to a PIII by just installing an new motherboard and CPU, you may have to install new memory chips too depending on what the motherboard can use and what your old motherboard could use, but memory is cheap

 

[SpecOpsHoov]

Cool, thanks for the info.