some help

[Rickster]

I bought this socketA mobo with sdram slots and i had a "black" celeron and when i tried it, it dint work. then someone told me that the new mobos cant go with the black celerons. Is there a site or a thread that i cant read on this and why. And is there another site for the new stuff like i hear this P4 2.8A , B, C i have no idea what they are so i wondering whether theres a site that i can read this from. THANK YOU

[UnseenMenace]

The reason that your Celeron did not work in the socket 'A' motherboard is that it is a AMD socket and as such requires an AMD processor

[ssprncvegeta]

Originally posted by Rickster
And is there another site for the new stuff like i hear this P4 2.8A , B, C i have no idea what they are so i wondering whether theres a site that i can read this from. THANK YOU

whenever it says X.Xghzx, x =A, B, or C if it's a northwood. williamette's don't go by that.

A = 400fsb
B = 533fsb
C = 800fsb

first know that there are memory requirements. since each FSB is quad-pumped of what it really is, 400 = 100, 533 ~ 133, 800 = 200. in order to run the 400 you need at least 200mhz DDR(since DDR is twice what it is), anc pc2100 is more than enough. but for the 800 you need at least 400mhz DDR, which is minimum oc PC3200. i know you don't have a northwood, and since you now have a socket A it'll be cheapest to just get a AMD cpu. but tthe information i said is always useful. AMD doesn't really have a requirement for memory, and the Athlon 64 doesn't at all....well i think pc2100 but that's the slowest DDR sold anyway =D

[Rickster]

Oh ok i understand this A,B,C intel processors. Is PC2700 333Mhz?

[ssprncvegeta]

yes, i'm sure about pc2100-3500, but not any higher. it goes up to 533mhz stock i think


pc2100 = 266mhz
pc2700 = 333mhz
pc3200 = 400mhz
pc3500 = 433mhz
pc3900 = 460mhz

[L337 M33P]

Originally posted by UnseenMenace
The reason that your Celeron did not work in the socket 'A' motherboard is that it is a AMD socket and as such requires an AMD processor

What he said. I strongly recommend buying an INTEL board for an INTEL CELERON Processor - I hope you didn't turn the thing on while the proc was in there - 90% risk of dead proc.

[c627627]

Originally posted by Rickster
Is PC2700 333Mhz?

You see UnseenMenace, you shouldn't have deleted that FAQ on it when I asked you to update it, that's the first thing noobs want to know about when they talk Memory: :( :)


Click here for memory specifications:
http://www.pbase.com/image/19261650/original

[ssprncvegeta]

Originally posted by c627627


You see UnseenMenace, you shouldn't have deleted that FAQ on it when I asked you to update it, that's the first thing noobs want to know about when they talk Memory: :( :)


Click here for memory specifications:
http://www.pbase.com/image/19261650/original
yea, it's what i said but at their real speed(without the DDR part):)

Originally posted by L337 M33P


What he said. I strongly recommend buying an INTEL board for an INTEL CELERON Processor - I hope you didn't turn the thing on while the proc was in there - 90% risk of dead proc.
he already has an AMD mobo, why get an intel? i'd say go for an AMD. why waste a good amd board? it's not like celerons are worth it.

[c627627]

What's this: pc3900 = 460mhz ?? (That can't be right)

Isn't the upper end:

PC3200 DDR 400 200 MHz
PC3500 DDR 434 217 MHz
PC3700 DDR 466 233 MHz
PC4000 DDR 500 250 MHz
PC4200 DDR 533 266 MHz

http://www.pbase.com/image/19261650/original

[L337 M33P]

Originally posted by ssprncvegeta


he already has an AMD mobo, why get an intel? i'd say go for an AMD. why waste a good amd board? it's not like celerons are worth it.

doh - my bad hell yes get an AMD proc - with an Athlon XP tbred B you can't go wrong :)

[ssprncvegeta]

celerons are the cheap(er) version of intel. but anything cheap from intel isn't that great, unlike AMD:)