New Prossesor Help

hey all,

Im just a gamer that has been trying to keep my old(veryold) pc running. It is about 4 and a half years old but i have been able to keep it running good. Upgrading the ram from 64 to 512 Ram Adding a 128 apg 8x nvidia (i can only run 4X) CDRW,DVD. But my prossesor is a VERY LOW 500mhz... (.5) ghz but it's a Pen III (3) and i would like to upgrade to something cheep but is good enough to play todays games (2.5-3.0 Ghz). But sence my computer is so old i was wondering what new prossesors would fit my slot..??.. i would like to know what information i can provide you with but this my be enough:

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium III, 500 MHz (5 x 100)
Motherboard Name Soyo 6BA+ (2 ISA, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset Intel 82440BX
System Memory 512 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (06/25/99)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)


Motherboard ]

Motherboard Properties:
Product i440BX-ITE8671


thx guyes

 

This Is List of Max CPU supported.
http://www.soyo.com.tw/kb/kbdesc.php?id=15
The 6BA+ appear's to be max at 550mhz
You would probably be better off Investing in a new MOBO, Etc.
Gamer? go NForce chipset/DDR memory,AMD cpu.

 

ok yeah i was think that to... so would i have to buy all new ram? and does a mobo come with a prossessor? i was looking at newegg and i saw: a lan party ut nf3 250gb mobo that takes the 754 amd cpu... i would have to buy this and a prossesor right..total cost?? or should i be looking for a spicific one? i am a gamer but on a tight budget...could you give me some good deals out there??

 

sorry, anotherthing amd or intel (never used amd) whats cheeper but better?

 

For gaming amd is cheaper and much better!

 

whats a good mobo? i don't know much about them..

is this a good one? http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=13-138-242&DEPA=1 does it take good prossesors? also i need a apg8x port on a mobo

 

Heres a good motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-190&depa=1
Heres a good processor
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-452&depa=1

 

i have seen that the amd prossesors are alot less mhz compaired to intel. should i get a 1.7 (i think it is)amd or a 2.6intel?

 

The reason is amd has a different method of processing and does twice the work compared to a p4 per clock cycle. Thats why amds have comparitive rating numbers. My amd 2500 performs like a 2.5 p4.