Motherboard compatibility question

[jc505uk]

Hi all

Quick question;

I'm replacing this;

http://www.specsbox.com/142/msi-n1996-motherboard-specs.html

and looking not to have to change any other components. Am i right in thinking this will be suitable? Mainly wondering about RAM, as i'm pretty sure CPU fits...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/255174

Thanks

 

[daisymtc]

No. your existing is LGA478. won't fit.

 

[jc505uk]

Thanks, anychance you could post on that would be suitable? Cheap as possbile. Strangely, that existing motherboard has a E4700 in it...

 

[johnb35]

If you truly have an e4700 on that board then you linked to the wrong board. The board you linked to has a 478 socket, so a 775 processor (the E4700) will not work on it.

 

[thesam101]

No. your existing is LGA478. won't fit.

Ignoring, for a second, the fact that he said he has an E4700 (becuase it was only mentioned after your post), unless i'm missing something, the original said its socket mPGA478, and the new one is socket 478, which AFAIK are the same thing. What did you mean wouldn't fit? or am i wrong that they are the same thing?

 

[linkin]

You can't put a 775 chip in a 478 socket. For one, 775 is LGA (pins on the motherboard) and 478 (pins on the CPU) is PGA, not to mention they have a different number of pins... It won't work.

 

[jc505uk]

Strange. The motherboard sais; n1996 on it, and looks near enough identical to the one i linked to; this one;

http://www.specsbox.com/142/msi-n199...ard-specs.html


However, the processor is the wrong socket, as you have pointed out. I've ended up going for a 775 socket board. Maybe this will help; its an Acer Aspire m1640 -

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireM1640/AspireM1640sp2.shtml

 

[daisymtc]

Ignoring, for a second, the fact that he said he has an E4700 (becuase it was only mentioned after your post), unless i'm missing something, the original said its socket mPGA478, and the new one is socket 478, which AFAIK are the same thing. What did you mean wouldn't fit? or am i wrong that they are the same thing?

I probably read it wrongly...

 

[daisymtc]

Acer Aspire m1640 should be LGA 775.

You can get G41 mobo if you want it cheap
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/267114

 

[jc505uk]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152225

Went for that one in the end, works fine!

Thanks for the help