[Unclassified]

I have a Celeron D 2.53 ghz 533mhz fsb socket lga775 CPU and a Gigabyte 8s648fxp-rz(-c) socket 478 motherboard, which one would be better to keep and what would you reccomend getting. Keeping in mind that i will be overclocking and having dual display.

[nmX.Memnoch]

Socket 478 processors are becoming more difficult to find. I'd say drop the motherboard and replace it with a Socket 775 board. This'll give you more options when you decide to upgrade that Celeron.

[LLXX]

The Celeron 2.4 Northwood (478) is very overclockable. You should be able to get at least 3GHz from it. I have one running at 3.2 with stock cooling and voltage, and have seen as high as 3.7GHz with better cooling.

[Unclassified]

Thanks. Will any motherboard work in 64bit or do i have to get one designed for it and any recommendations on what motherboard to get thats fairly cheap but overclocks good. This motherboard here http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews...925XE7AA_1.html says it supports 800/1066MHz FSB does that mean my 533mhz cpu wont work?

This post has been edited by Unclassified: 04 March 2006 - 05:55 AM

[puntoMX]

This is the info on there site:

925XE7AA-8EKRS

5xx Sequence
520, 521, 530, 531, 540, 540J, 541, 550, 551, 560, 560J, 561, 570, 570, 571

6xx Sequence
630, 540, 650, 660, 670

P4 EE Series
3.4G/800, 3.46G/1066, 3.73/1066

So there are no 3xx Sequence CPUs (Celeron D) on there list, you have to stick with the 915 chipset if you want a Foxconn motherboard. Read also this: http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/roundu...5-chipsets.html . I hope you have enough information now

[nmX.Memnoch]

The 945 series chipsets support 533MHz CPUs as well...and will provide for 64-bit if he decides to upgrade the CPU later.

Personally, I'd be looking at the Asus P5PL2. It even supports the newer 65nm dual-core CPUs so it should have a pretty good life cycle.

This post has been edited by nmX.Memnoch: 04 March 2006 - 02:31 PM

[Unclassified]

I ended up getting a gigabyte GA-8I945PL-G.there is a 4pin socket that im assuming it needs a cord from the power supply to plug into it and my psu doesnt have one, does this mean i need a new psu?

This post has been edited by Unclassified: 04 March 2006 - 09:41 PM

[LLXX]

Yes. Without the extra power it will not boot.

[ripken204]

it may boot but and run fine but it will crash under load, therefore u need a new psu