P4C800-E Deluxe with PC2100 memory and P4 3.2GHz

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I am currently running a P4 1.6GHz and would like to upgrade to the 3.2GHz.
I also have 4GB PC2100DDR, which I am not interested in changing. Can I
replace the 1.6 with the 3.2 without changing anything else?
 
Z Man said:
I am currently running a P4 1.6GHz and would like to upgrade to the 3.2GHz.
I also have 4GB PC2100DDR, which I am not interested in changing. Can I
replace the 1.6 with the 3.2 without changing anything else?
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As far as I know, the P4 3.2GHz CPUs run on a 200 MHz FSB only.... That
would require PC3200 DDR. Your motherboard would have to support
Northwood/Prescott CPUs as well.
 
Uncooked meat prior to state vector collapse said:
As far as I know, the P4 3.2GHz CPUs run on a 200 MHz FSB only.... That
would require PC3200 DDR. Your motherboard would have to support
Northwood/Prescott CPUs as well.
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the P4C800-E Deluxe will support the CPU. I didn't read your subject line
until after hitting 'send'.
 
Hi,

IMHO, you will earn more in terms of performances by changing RAM

than changing processor for the same cost !

The best is changing both. (RAM CANNOT be "noname" ! )

Mike
 
Uncooked meat prior to state vector collapse said:
the P4C800-E Deluxe will support the CPU. I didn't read your subject line
until after hitting 'send'.
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Sure, but will it run with the 3.2 AND PC2100 DDR????

As for the Prescott, that is also an interesting question...
 
Okay a Bunch of really ugly quoting occurred so I've re-formatted for
clarity.
I am currently running a P4 1.6GHz and would like to upgrade to the
3.2GHz.

I also have 4GB PC2100DDR, which I am not interested in changing. Can
I replace the 1.6 with the 3.2 without changing anything else?
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Yes, the P4C800-E will handle both all 3 incarnations of the P4 3.2
(C, EE and E)

And you can install all 4 1GB Modules of PC2100/DDR266

THEN:

Uncooked meat prior to state vector collapse said:
As far as I know, the P4 3.2GHz CPUs run on a 200 MHz FSB only....That
would require PC3200 DDR. Your motherboard would have to support
Northwood/Prescott CPUs as well.
Click to expand...

Running a 800FSB to the best of my experience doesnt REQUIRE you to run
DDR400/PC3200 RAM, It is just recommended to get a stock 1:1 FSB:RAM ratio.

There are two other FSB-to-RAM-speed ratios available - 5:4 and 3:2. At
stock speed, 5:4 means the FSB will be 200MHz and the RAM speed will be
160MHz; 3:2 gives a RAM speed of 133MHz.

Although when using a 800 FSB processor, PC2700 (DDR333 memory) is
actually adressed at 320Mhz, this is normal for the chipset.

As for motherboard support, yes the P4C800-E was built to the
specifications required for Prescott CPU's so he's got a upgrade path as
well.
 
Philip Callan said:
Okay a Bunch of really ugly quoting occurred so I've re-formatted for
clarity.


Yes, the P4C800-E will handle both all 3 incarnations of the P4 3.2
(C, EE and E)

And you can install all 4 1GB Modules of PC2100/DDR266
Click to expand...

Many thanks. That's the type of specific answer I was hoping to get. I'm
going to order the P4 3.2GHz CPU today.
 
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