E7500 mobo question.

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:31

E7500 (Now Overclocking question)

Just salvaged a E7500 from a broken work machine, and will use it to replace my P4 system at home.

Only need a mobo.

Am I right in assuming any of these will do the job?

Jordan97 · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:33

eddiedebo · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:36

They will indeed.

Watch out for the Gigabyte G41MT-S2P Intel G41 as it's DDR3 only as is the MSI G41M-P25 Intel G41

Unless you want DDR3 of course..

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:37

I hope the cpu isnt broken....

I doubt it.

I mean if I was able to navigate the bios, and run a linux preboot program, all that would require a cpu......

I have some ddr2 ram, which out of those boards would you suggest?

I was looking at this one.

I already have a socket 775 cooler on my P4, I will be able to reuse it right?

eddiedebo · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:41

Sounds unlikely there is anything wrong with the cpu if the system boots

eddiedebo · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:44

Looks like a good choice, that chip should overclock a fair bit on that board.

I had a E7200 at 3.6ghz on a similar setup.

Cooler will do but you might be better picking up a half decent aftermarket cooler and get a bit more out of it.

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:50

I dont particulalry need to overclock it.

Its for everything except gaming, so basic office needs.

Do these chips run hot, or are they cooler than P4?

eddiedebo · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:58

I didn't own a 775 P4 but the 478's were quite toasty so I would imagine the cooler will do for stock settings.

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 13:58

775 also run hot!

eddiedebo · 3 Jun 2011 at 14:02

Based on the fact that the P4 775 runs hot and the E7200 I had didn't run massively hot it will be fine

DJ_Martin · 3 Jun 2011 at 15:10

Sorry to add nothing useful to the thread but I thought it said £7500 mobo question. Got a little excited to see some insane gold plated motherboard or something :L

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 18:02

DJmartin said:
Sorry to add nothing useful to the thread but I thought it said £7500 mobo question. Got a little excited to see some insane gold plated motherboard or something :L

Surely a E7500 is a decent step up from a P4 3.2Ghz?

My P4 is still good, but its struggles a little bit now on the internet and with flash etc....

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 19:55

Do you think one of these would fit in a Thermaltake Soprano case?

These coolers come with pre applied thermal paste?

andy_mk3 · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:01

opethdisciple said:
Do you think one of these would fit in a Thermaltake Soprano case?

These coolers come with pre applied thermal paste?

It should do, mine fitted in a el-cheapo micro-atx case. And yes it has thermal paste pre-applied.

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:15

Purchased, awsome.

Hopefully stepping up from a P4 3.2Ghz to a [email protected] will be significant.

Il probably end upoverclocking it anyway.

Is it just a case of fsb and voltage tweaking?

andy_mk3 · 3 Jun 2011 at 23:34

opethdisciple said:
Purchased, awsome.

Hopefully stepping up from a P4 3.2Ghz to a [email protected] will be significant.

Il probably end upoverclocking it anyway.

Is it just a case of fsb and voltage tweaking?

Silly not to overclock really

And yes it is really. I'm a bit impatient so I set the FSB to where I want it and up the voltage if need-be.

opethdisciple · 3 Jun 2011 at 23:44

Interms of overclocking am I looking at a max safe voltage of around 1.36v?

Max safe heat you reckon?

Factor in this is the PC I will still use when my loft is 35c and Im sweating my pants off.

55c?

andy_mk3 · 4 Jun 2011 at 13:46

Max volts is around 1.4v, but I seriously doubt you'd need anything more than 1.3v. Max temps under stress is about 70c ideally.

spirits247 · 4 Jun 2011 at 16:11

That E7500 is a fantastic CPU for general work - it runs very cool (always under 60C at default voltage even with stock cooler) and will be quite a lot faster than your P4 at everything.

It will also be a huge amount more energy efficient even though its dual core. It's rated at 65W, same as all 45nm core2's, but in real life it uses much much less, amongst the lowest power users in the core2 series. I'd say half of the P4, yet be much faster. Just take a look at how low power the E7200 is:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-e7200-g31,2039-4.html

And that's total system power, not just CPU!

The E7*** series are not cut down E8*** series with half the cache disabled like some people think - they are actually a stand alone core with less transistors and smaller physical dimensions for the die. Quite a lot smaller too - the main transistor count in a CPU comes from the cache.

As a result, they are very power efficient, clocking themselves down much better than a P4 when doing little or less work. Plus they do overclock like crazy, massively helped by the 1066 bus - how well and at what voltage depends more on the motherboard. The CPU itself will do 3.6Ghz comfortably and you can keep speedstep enabled.

There are actually two versions of the E7500 - one with virtualization, and one without:

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=36503#ordering

You may be lucky and get a little extra.

opethdisciple · 4 Jun 2011 at 18:45

Thanks for the information andy_mk3 & spirits247.

70c :eek:

How come the core2duo's have a higher heat threshold than the core2quad's?

My Qx9650 is safe upto about 60c.

Ok so it sounds like overclocking this chip should be easy.

Il probably stop at around 60c, as this is the pc I will still use when my loft is 35c and I need a computer to use!

It is just a case of upping the fsb and voltage tweaking?

I hope the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 I bought is up to the job?