Damn CPU socket numbers

tba

I was thinking of getting a faster cpu, but the first hurdle hit me, what bloody number do I have to get?

I looked around and the majority of chips with the same speed as my current one (1.6ghz Intel 4) have a 478 socket, do I have to use the same number, or can I use the higher ones like the 754 (which appear to be AMD only), is there even a difference? I would like to get an AMD for obvious reasons.

Jammer

AMD Athlon XPs use Socket A Motherboards, Athlon 64' use 939

What motherboard do u have?

BloodBath

Is that 1.6 p4 a willamette or a Northwood?


BloodBath

kayos

Originally posted by Jammer
AMD Athlon XPs use Socket A Motherboards, Athlon 64' use 939
What motherboard do u have?

AMD64's also use Socket 754, depend on which AMD 64 you get..

Sleipnir

Don't forget that there is a speed limit on your motherboard, i.e. you probably can't just bung a 3.2 GHZ in there.
Check what motherboard you have and then look it up on the manufacturer's website.
It will tell you the pin configuration, the max bus speed and the max processor speed.

l3rian

just get a new mobo too :cool:

Zakalwe

Your motherboard will most likely only do up to a 400MHz FSB. All the 478 CPUs these days come in 533MHz FSB or 800MHz FSB. You may be able to find a 2.4GHz 400MHz FSB CPU if you're lucky though.

There are Celerons available at 2.8GHz on a 400MHz FSB. Do not buy one. You will be very disappointed in the performance.

Assuming you want this machine for games, get a Socket 754 motherboard based on the NForce3 250 chipset and an Athlon 64 CPU such as the 3000 or 3200. You'll also need some new RAM most likely. This kit will run you about €400 to €550 depending on the board and RAM you choose.

Again assuming a games machine you might want a new graphics card. The Radeon 9800Pro is a great card for a great price of around €220.

Again if you get all this gear you might need a better PSU from a good manufacturer of at least 350 Watts. Cost roughly €60

tba

thanks guys gotta check my motherboard

Im pretty sure Zakalwe is right, its relativly old and the front serial bus is probably 400 mega hertz.

Will try your suggestions anyway

tba

Originally posted by BloodBath
Is that 1.6 p4 a willamette or a Northwood?


BloodBath

P4,WIL,1600/400,256K,SKTN

tba

its 478 I used this program to find out

http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3

BloodBath

Pity it's a willy because the 1.6 northwoods overclock to between 2.2-2.5 normally.

The willamette would be lucky to get an extra 100mhz.

Time for a mobo upgrade then too eh? If you go to 800mhz fsb you will probably need new ram then too. Ah the joys of upgrading.

If you can pick up a 400mhz Northwood somewhere then you might not need that upgrade just yet.


BloodBath

Standard Toaster

This wee chart might prove useful

Explosive_Cornflake

Toms hardware guide won't let you link to pictures. I got caught by that myself before. Any7 chance of a link to the page that image is on?

Standard Toaster

Ah right.
Well here's the linky

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040419/cpu-scaling-01.html

leeroybrown

If you stick a GET string on to the end of the URL the server will let you link it directly. This should work:

(THG) CPU History

Standard Toaster

Going slighty off topic here but that GET string works fine in IE5 but I get shot down in Firefox 9.2.....I just a the tomshardware logo with Firefox.:dunno:

leeroybrown

The GET string should only kick in server side. It must be caching. It works fine in Firefox for me.

Standard Toaster

Nevermind....just me being a complete sausage :rolleyes: