Asus P5PL2 + Celeron D 365

spynoodle

spynoodle

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Okay, so I have an Asus P5PL2 rev 1. When it comes to CPU compatibility, it says that it doesn't support the Celeron D 365 or 360, but it does support the Celeron D 356. I want to hit a really high OC speed, so I really wanted the 3.6GHz or 3.46GHz version over the 3.33GHz version. It seems like the motherboard has something against the D0 stepping. Why is this? Is there a possibility it might still work?
 
Oops, I missed that part. It seems when they make 2 different versions of the board that they have different specs and support. I have seen this before just not very often. It may or may not work.
 
I wouldn't buy a processor that possibly would or would not work with a motherboard. If you have the processor already then that is a different story. The Celeron D is a really slow processor compared to the Celeron E series of processors.
 
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I wouldn't buy a processor that possibly would or would not work with a motherboard. If you have the processor already then that is a different story. The Celeron D is a really slow processor compared to the Celeron E series of processors.
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Yeah, but this isn't my main rig and the mobo doesn't support anything other than Netburst processors. I'm just trying to get a ridiculously high OC speed out of a Celeron D, since they're some of the best processors for overclocking. I'm split, since I could just get a Celeron D 356 that I know is going to work, but it would be so awesome if a 365 actually worked on it. I guess I'm going to just have to go with a 356. I'm looking at ES CPUs anyway, so I guess what they could've dubbed as a 356 in the lab could be the same as a 365.

EDIT: Oh, and which stepping is better for overclocking: B1 or C1? The guy who's selling these on ebay sells a Celeron D 356 with a B1 stepping and a couple with a C1 stepping.

DOUBLE EDIT: Just found out: I think the reason it can't support D0 CPUs is because they use some 775_VR_CONFIG_06 power platform, which isn't supported by my motherboard. Dang. :(

TRIPLE EDIT: Just read that the difference between B1 and C1 is the fixing of energy-saving features to reduce power consumption. I usually disable these when overclocking anyway. So I should just go for the C1, right?
 
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