pentium d in dell xps gen 4?

[nd4spdbh2]

OK my friend has a dell xps gen 4 if im not mistaken and hes looking for a cheaper performance upgrade in the future. now i kno intel prices are dropping on the 22nd of april and the pentium D 945 would be an exelent choice for him. but im wondering if the board supports it. The board has a 925XE chipset. the chipset supports 1066fsb but i dunno if it supports dual core.. it dose support hyperthreading considering that the intel p4 650 he has in it is HT... but i dunno if that means n e thing.

thnx guys...

[srtdodge05]

the 925 chipset doesnt support pentium D, you'll need atleast a i945 chipset.

[nd4spdbh2]

thnx man... looks like hes gonna have to be gettin a core 2 duo if he wants to upgrade.

[Vengance_01]

the 925 chipset doesnt support pentium D, you'll need atleast a i945 chipset. what are you talking about. That board take a Pentium D 65nm chip, but it can't use a Core 2 chip.

[nvidiaOCmaster]

Yea, it'll take that chip.

[nd4spdbh2]

it will? ugg ok ... i was gonna say... the damn chipset supports hyper threading, and 1066fsb... why wouldnt it support dual core

heres some info about the comp as reported by everest home edition

Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset Intel Alderwood i925XE
Memory Timings 4-4-4-12 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)



Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID <DMI>
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension XPS

Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 800 MHz
Bandwidth 6400 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type Dual DDR2 SDRAM
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 267 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 533 MHz
Bandwidth 8533 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type Intel Direct Media Interface

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge Intel Alderwood i925XE
Revision / Stepping 04 / B1
Package Type 1210 Pin FC-BGA
Package Size 3.75 cm x 3.75 cm
Core Voltage 1.5 V
In-Order Queue Depth 12

Memory Controller:
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Dual Channel (128-bit)

Memory Timings:
CAS Latency (CL) 4T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 4T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 4T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 12T

Error Correction:
ECC Supported, Disabled
ChipKill ECC Not Supported
RAID Not Supported
ECC Scrubbing Not Supported

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 1024 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 1024 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)

PCI Express Controller:
PCI-E x16 port #2 In Use @ x16 (nVIDIA GeForce 6800 PCI-E Video Adapter)

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm
Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm

[ South Bridge: Intel 82801FR ICH6R ]

South Bridge Properties:
South Bridge Intel 82801FR ICH6R
Revision / Stepping D3 / B1
Package Type 609 Pin mBGA
Package Size 3.1 cm x 3.1 cm
Core Voltage 1.5 V

PCI Express Controller:
PCI-E x1 port #1 In Use @ x1 (Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5750 Gigabit Ethernet Controller)
PCI-E x1 port #2 Empty

[core2due]

ya it will take a pentium D.:)

[nd4spdbh2]

sweet he will like the speed upgrade from the dual core... pluss its looking like around april 22nd intel is droping prices and the 945 is gonna be like less then 100 bucks... which will be perfect cus hes sorta on a tighter budget.

[srtdodge05]

Intel I925 chipset doesnt support Pentium D read the info on intels site.

http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/925x/index.htm

[srtdodge05]

The list of chipsets supporting Pentium D CPUs has been revealed for a quite a while now. It includes the new Intel 955X and Intel 945P/G, and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI (Intel Edition). The previous generation chipsets, i925/i915, do not support dual-core processors. However, our tests showed that the situation with Pentium D 820 is somewhat different.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentiumd-820_4.html

[Airbornederekc]

as far as i know that chip is not droping that much. maby 50 bucks putting at the 125 range. aside from the extreme ones the 945 is the top dual core by then. others (940, 950, 960) will be end of life

[nd4spdbh2]

wow im really gettin mixed answers...

[srtdodge05]

heres some other forums saying i925 doesnt support pentium D.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=4966964#post4966964

do a google search on your own, best way to find out.

[nd4spdbh2]

then how do all the boards that gigabyte makes with the 925xe chipset support the pentium d seies (8xx and 9xx) along with core 2 duo?

[srtdodge05]

Must be a tweaked i925 chipset to work with it. The latest i925 chipset mite support pentium D but when they first cameout they didnt.

[nd4spdbh2]

hmm... i dunno what to do now