Cpu ??

[{C-oPs} KiWi]

my MB is a Gigabyte 915P (GA-81915P-D) and it supports LGA775 Intel P4 Processor wat i would like to know is wat Core 2 Duo CPU i can put in i have been told by a someone who realy don't know much about pc's that he thinks i can put Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66Ghz LGA775 6M Cache 1333FSB in my pc i am running a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.33GHz CPU now

hope soemone can help thanx kiwi

[Draco]

I don't think you can put anything other than a P-4 or a Celeron into a P-4. The architecture is completely different. The socket should be completely different. Where is the old Chef when you need him? Watch this thread. I bet the Chef will arrive soon enough. He would be able to answer this question.

~Johnny Jones

[dh_hoxley]

Hi Kiwi.

let me understand well... you want to put an intel core 2 duo on your mobo? the gigabyte 915P (GA-81915P-D). right?

well, i think is that not possible.

eneral

MPN: GA-8I915P-D

Tipo de producto: Placa base

Factor de forma: ATX

Anchura: 30.5 cm

Profundidad: 24.4 cm

Procesadores compatibles: Pentium 4

Socket del procesador: LGA775 Socket

Tipo conjunto de chips: Intel 915P Express / Intel ICH6

Velocidad máxima del bus: 800 MHz

Controlador de almacenamiento: ATA-100, Serial ATA-150, ATA-133 (RAID)

Conectores de alimentación: Conector ATX12V de 4 espigas, conector de alimentación principal de 24 espigas


Procesadores compatibles: Pentium 4 ------- This mobo is for P4

http://www.giga-byte.es/products/mb/cpulist/ga-8i915p-d.html

in this page you can find the models of cpu supported by your MoBo. but i can see that your mobo isnt support a Core 2 Duo.
Only P4 and celeron. and one model of P4 Extreme Edition. All Core 2 Duo Cpus appears with the legend N/A = Not supported

(There are some mobos that can be upgraded from bios, but i think is not possible with your mobo. And in this cases i only know about an AMD cpu´s . with socket AM2, but in tomshardware, made the upgrades to the mobos that supose to can support new Phenoms Cpus AM2+, and only a few.... a very few... really works with this upgrade of the bios. And really with Intel i dont know if this is possible.)

So, if you want to change to a Core 2 duo you will need another mobo.

If i could recomend you some mobos for Core 2 Duo. i chose
1st: Asus
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=610&l4=0&model=2225&modelmenu=1
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=610&l4=0&model=2016&modelmenu=1

and this 2 mobos are ready for Core 2 Quad

- Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 Processors
- Supports Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU

Dual-Channel DDR2 1066
To attain top performance, ASUS engineers have successfully unleashed the true potential of DDR2 memory. While in DDR2 1066 mode, ASUS´s exclusive technology offers a choice of FSB 1333 - providing great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications.


2nd: MSI

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=P7N_Diamond&class=mb

can be a little bit expensive, but they have an excelent quality and supports a new Core 2 quad, so, you can take an advantage here..

Anyway. Hope to be give you a little help here.

:p

See ya.