Lacking detail on motherboard - help?

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Hi all.
I have a repurposed Aopen i45gmt-hr (not the more readily accessible HD model) motherboard that is currently used with Ubuntu to do some general computing but in places (image manipulation) it's a bit sluggish.

Although I have googled it extensively I cannot seem to find much/anything on its supported CPUs...
It's a socket P (penryn) but I'm not sure what the best CPU supported is. Can anyone help me with this?
If anyone can OCUK can!
 
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What chip are you currently using?

wiki says theres 2 theres 2 socket p's
but intel lists both as PGA478

but from another site
The Core 2 Duo X9100 can be used in a Socket P socket with 479 pins , 479?, confused!

below from wiki

"Penryn XE" (45 nm)

These models feature an unlocked clock multiplier
All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel 64, XD bit (an NX bit implementation), iAMT2 (Intel Active Management), Intel VT-x, TXT
Penryn XE processors support Dynamic Front Side Bus Throttling between 400–800 MT/s and 533–1066 MT/s.
Die size: 107 mm2
Steppings: C0, E0


Core 2 Extreme X9000

SLAQJ (C0)
SLAZ3 (C0)

2.8 GHz 6 MB 800 MT/s 14× 1.062–1.150 V
44 W

Core 2 Extreme X9100

SLB48 (C0)
SLG8M (C0)
SLGE7 (E0)

3.07 GHz 6 MB 1066 MT/s 11.5× 1.062–1.150 V
44 W
Socket P July 2008

AW80576GH0836M

$851

Digging deeper

Socket 479 (mPGA479M) is the CPU socket for the Intel Pentium M and Celeron M, mobile processors.[1] Normally used in laptops, but has also been used with Tualatin-M Pentium III processors. The official naming by Intel is µFCPGA and µPGA479M.

There exist multiple electrically incompatible, but mechanically compatible processor families that are available in PGA packages using this socket or variants thereof:[1]

Socket 478 for Pentium 4 and Celeron series desktop CPUs;
Socket 479 for Pentium III-M (released in 2001);
Socket 479 for Pentium M and Celeron M 3xx (this was the most common version of the socket, and was released in 2003);
Socket M for Intel Core, Core 2 and Celeron M 4xx and 5xx processors; and
Socket P for Core 2 processors.

Even the Intel's CPU specifications seem to be not clear enough on the distinction and instead use the package/socket designations PGA478 or PPGA478 for more than 1 of the above sockets


Another edit, leftfield thinking, from hwbot fast systems using your board browse through they will list the chips they used
http://hwbot.org/hardware/motherboard/i45gmt-hr/
 
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Well that's muddied the water! :)
I've googled penryn CPUs and all the varieties but as I said my difficulty is finding out what CPU this motherboard can take.

It's a desktop PC but mobo uses SODIMM and I THINK mobile processor.

The motherboard chip set is Intel GM45 + ICH9M
Currently has T6600 in it which perhaps should narrow down the search!
 
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Thanks that's really helpful! The only CPU record on there is a p8700 which has a stonking over clock! (If I'm reading it correctly!)

Hoping for a stock performer really... Seems a quad core is possible with the board which is exciting!
 
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