CPU/Motherboard Compatibility

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Draco_James

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I'm looking at upgrading a processor, and was wondering, how do you know if a processor is compatible with a motherboard? Does it just have to be the same socket? (Socket 478) Or is there more to it?

Thanks,
James
 
how do you know if a processor is compatible with a motherboard? Does it just have to be the same socket? (Socket 478) Or is there more to it?
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1. Same socket
2. The motherboard has to support that core and on older motherboards, also has to support the clock speed.
 
Well for instance, a socket 478 Pentium4 comes in several flavours:
- NorthwoodA (P4A)
- NorthwoodB (P4B)
- NorthwoodC (P4C)
- Prescott (P4E)
Generally speaking the only two that you should be considering are the P4C and the P4E. In light of that, not all Socket478 motherboards that support a P4C processor will support a P4E processor. In general if you buy a non-super-cheap motherboard that has a 800MHz BUS then you should be fine (unfortunately there are many exceptions)
 
i think the motherboard i have now is an Intel D845GVSR, right now it has a Celeron 2.4 in there, i think i could replace it with a P4 2.4, but im not sure, does anyone know for sure?

Pretty sure the celeron is the newer Celeron D 2.4 GHz, which i beleive is prescot.

So what I need is a Socket 487 P4 running on the prescott core ... right? and thats it thats all such as the

the Pentium® 4 2.4GHz CPU PROCESSOR - Socket 478 - 533MHz Bus - Prescott 1MB Cache Socket 478 - OEM


i found the intel specs here, and thats what i got out of it... if im right, please tell me
 
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On a slightly different note, would be able to use this card with that motherboard? or does it have to be non-express PCI? is there a diff between cards that say PCI and PCI-E? any help is appreciated
 
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