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| Thread ID: 91738 | 2008-07-17 02:59:00 | Basic help please | Amicus 400 (10254) | Press F1 |
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| 689640 | 2008-07-17 02:59:00 | I am thinking of upgrading my home built socket 478 P4 machine to a Pentium core 2 duo . MY main motivation is to get more RAM than the 1 gb that my current mobo supports so that I can install between 2 and 4 gb ram get better performance from photoshop and msaccess . My question is this . If I get a socket 775 mobo, will it accept the P4 processor that I have in my current socket 478 machine? Logic suggests that the answer is no, but the spec's say that it can run a p4 processor . see . asus . com/products . aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1311&l1=3&l2=11&l3=0&l4=0" target="_blank">www . asus . com I don't want to buy a new cpu unless I have to so it would be great to be able to use the existing one . regards Help would be appreciated |
Amicus 400 (10254) | ||
| 689641 | 2008-07-17 03:11:00 | No you'll have to buy another CPU and maybe ram 775 is P4, but its not 478 pin |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 689642 | 2008-07-17 03:12:00 | Simple answer is NO ! a Socket 478 CPU will not fit in a Socket 775 Board. Here is a socket 478 (www.imagef1.net.nz) and here is 775 (www.imagef1.net.nz) as you can see totally different. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 689643 | 2008-07-17 03:23:00 | Thanks Guys, as I said logic suggested that it was not a runner, but hope is not logical. Many thanks |
Amicus 400 (10254) | ||
| 689644 | 2008-07-17 04:25:00 | With Motherboard upgrades you generally have to do board, CPU and RAM in one go. | pctek (84) | ||
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