New mobo

BigFoofieMan · 01-13-06, 07:13 PM

Hey everybody i have a dell 8200 and i wanted to know if i could switch out my motherboard and get some new ram to do some overclocking. The thing is i wasnt sure what motherboard i could get.

My Cpu is a intel pentium 4 2.5 ghz and cpu-z says its package is mPGA-478 so im assuming its a socket 478.
my mobo right now has the i850E chipset and has a ICH2 southbridge.
the thing is when i look for a mobo i cant really find anything on newegg so im assuming that companys no longer make mobos like this. If anyone could help me out i would really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for any help that u guys could give me.

DumbstixLars · 01-13-06, 10:57 PM

I don't think you can reuse the case and power supply. I don't see any reason as to why you couldn't reuse the CPU though. I found a bunch of 478 MOBO's on newegg.

BigFoofieMan · 01-14-06, 10:16 AM

Oh so the only thing that has to match is the socket for the cpu? my soutbridge doesnt have to match the motherboard that i have right now?

Soichiro · 01-14-06, 10:23 AM

The socket has to be the same, but you can use a motherboard with a different chipset. The only problem with that is that you'll probably have to format and reinstall Windows if the northbridge is different.

BigFoofieMan · 01-14-06, 10:24 AM

Ok im fine with that thanks alot everyone

01-13-06, 07:13 PM	Thread Starter #1
BigFoofieMan Registered Join Date: Oct 2005	New mobo Hey everybody i have a dell 8200 and i wanted to know if i could switch out my motherboard and get some new ram to do some overclocking. The thing is i wasnt sure what motherboard i could get. My Cpu is a intel pentium 4 2.5 ghz and cpu-z says its package is mPGA-478 so im assuming its a socket 478. my mobo right now has the i850E chipset and has a ICH2 southbridge. the thing is when i look for a mobo i cant really find anything on newegg so im assuming that companys no longer make mobos like this. If anyone could help me out i would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help that u guys could give me.
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01-13-06, 10:57 PM	#2
DumbstixLars Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tejas	I don't think you can reuse the case and power supply. I don't see any reason as to why you couldn't reuse the CPU though. I found a bunch of 478 MOBO's on newegg. __________________ Hate DRM? Join ADO Heatware
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01-14-06, 10:16 AM	Thread Starter #3
BigFoofieMan Registered Join Date: Oct 2005	Oh so the only thing that has to match is the socket for the cpu? my soutbridge doesnt have to match the motherboard that i have right now?
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01-14-06, 10:23 AM	#4
Soichiro Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Indianapolis	The socket has to be the same, but you can use a motherboard with a different chipset. The only problem with that is that you'll probably have to format and reinstall Windows if the northbridge is different. __________________ Heatware ~~ "Recent studies show that guys who fold for team32 get more girls." - sno.lcn Shindou: AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.6 Ghz, 8GB G.Skill DDR3-1333, 3.5TB Total Storage, eVGA Geforce 460GT 768MB Railgun (RDP): AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 1TB Total Storage
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01-14-06, 10:24 AM	Thread Starter #5
BigFoofieMan Registered Join Date: Oct 2005	Ok im fine with that thanks alot everyone
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