can i upgrade to 800FSB Xeons...

clo007 · Jun 24, 2006

well i got a dell precision 650 with dual 2.4ghz/512kb cache/533mhz FSB Xeons and i tried to use CPUFSB to OC them with no prevail...so i am wondering if i can utilize 800mhz fsb Xeons...the reason for the 800mhz is because they can be had for $100 cheaper than the 533mhzfsb and i can get some with 2mb cache instead of the 533's 1mb of cache. I'm looking at stepping up from my 2.4s to either 3.0s or 3.2s--- both the 533 and 800 are 604 pin

thanks for any help guys.

Know Nuttin · Jun 24, 2006

What chipset is it using?

clo007 · Jun 24, 2006

E7505

Know Nuttin · Jun 24, 2006

I'd have to say no. The newer Xeon's use much lower core voltage than the older ones do. I don't know if the Dell board has the options to have the vcore lowered automatically.

clo007 · Jun 25, 2006

unfortunetly i cant adjust poop on this dell board...one bad thing about them.
Anywho, thanks for the help..i guess i'll just get me some 3.0ghz/1mb l2 cache/533mhz fsb

dustybyrd · Jun 25, 2006

clo007 said:
unfortunetly i cant adjust poop on this dell board...one bad thing about them.
Anywho, thanks for the help..i guess i'll just get me some 3.0ghz/1mb l2 cache/533mhz fsb

you can also get the 3.2ghz 2mb L3 cache xeons for about $450 a pair on ebay...

the extra 2mb cache provides about 5-10% in performance gains

muddocktor · Jun 25, 2006

You also might try checking at the Dell forums and see what is the fastest processor series supported by your system. I looked on their website but couldn't find any info about the max supported procs.

clo007 · Jun 26, 2006

thanks for the help guys!!!

can i upgrade to 800FSB Xeons...

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