Can you use a C2D or Quad Core with an Intel 945P?

C2D yes, tho it depends on the board, Quad, ide be surprised as it's power requirements are different. :confused:
 
As far as I'm aware, the Dimension 9xxx's didn't get any Core 2 Duo support until the 9200 which came with a completely different motherboard. The 945P in the 9150 will only be likely to support anything up to the Pentium D 960.
 
Does this apply to all of the 9xxx series? My mate's dimension 9100 is borked and it seems to be the processor. Would the D 960 be the best compatible processor?
 
Could someone recommend me a cheap motherboard that works with a Quad, a good C2D or Quad processor and a decent case.

I would do this myself but I'd most likely do a terrible job of it.
 
Minstadave said:
OcUK Value IP35 with a Q6600 :)
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Have you actually tried one? Mine is coming tomorrow apparently and I will test it.

If you haven't tested it, Isn't it a bit previous to suggest a board that even OcUK don't seem to have a detailed knowledge of, that has no BIOS or driver download page on the suppliers website and might be a pile of poo?

Even the people who apparently do have them haven't posted any results as they all seem to be wanting RAID and are sending them back, unclocked as OcUK may not take them back if they have been overclocked.

I'm not saying for one minute it won't be a good board, it's just why recommend that board when there are lots of proven P35 boards already out there?

The Abit IP35-E is a proven board, as is the ASUS P5K or the Gigabyte P35-DS3L. The Gigabyte P31-DS3L probably does everything the OP wants for £50 on this week only so why not recommend that?
 
How did you get along with the new board WJA96?

The reason I recommended it was that the OP doesn't sound like he's going to be clocking and the board looks like a good value without cutting back on features too much.
 
It seems very solid. It pretty much overclocks itself actually. Literally all I had to do was lock the PCIe bus and turn up the FSB to 360 to get 3.2GHz on a Q6600 G0. There is practically no Vdroop at all and the P35 chipset itself is very fast and stable. I'm having a bit of trouble getting my known-good-for 3.8GHz CPU over 3.6GHz, but I think that's just down to my not being experienced enough with the chipset adjustments.

My father, who was a 'proper' electronics engineer reckons the quality of the motherboard itself is very good and any components used are brand names that most people would recognise from any other motherboards.

The chipset cooling is also a revelation as, despite having a tiny Northbridge cooler, and nothing at all on the VRM, it runs REALLY cool, maybe luke-warm to the touch, which is the coolest of any of the P35 boards I've seen yet.

The only issue I have found is that the implemenation of ICH9 seems to be locked into UDMA5 (ATA-100) which limits maximum data rates at 100Mb/s which is well short of SATA I (150Mb/s theoretical) or even UDMA6 (ATA-133). This is disappointing as the board claims SATA II (300Mb/s). I think it should be possible to address this in a BIOS update as ICH9 is definitely SATA II capable, as well as AHCI, hot-plug and NCQ, none of which are currently available on the OcUK IP35-Pro.
 
Was just reading your thread, looks very good indeed, I'd bet the ATA limit is just a bios problem and hopefully you'll see a fix before long.

Will be interesting to see if the manufacturer supports the board to the same extent the big brands do.
 
Minstadave said:
Was just reading your thread, looks very good indeed, I'd bet the ATA limit is just a bios problem and hopefully you'll see a fix before long.
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Definitely - the hardware definitely supports it, so it should be a case of updating the BIOS. The BIOS as it stands has pretty much every feature you could want otherwise.

Minstadave said:
Will be interesting to see if the manufacturer supports the board to the same extent the big brands do.
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They have a chap who's been on fairly regularly "kenofstephen", and he's been very responsive so far.
 
I'm in the same boat as the original poster ie. i have a Dell Dimension 9150. Having done some brief search, i think the answer is it only supports Dual Core chips not Core 2 chips hence any of the current chipset is out of the question.

I also assume the Dell box - which is great and the power supply is fab, will not accept a non dell motherboard. So a new box + board is the only real option i suspect?

Do advise if anyone else knows any better? I'm going to sit tight for a while longer with my current Dell if this is the case.
 
I just had the weirdest sense of deja-va....


Yeah the Dell box will be pretty much locked-down (BTX based IIRC), so a new case will be needed for a non-Dell motherboard.
 
Quite right, all modern day Dell's based on the newer gen chassis' barring the latest Inspiron Desktops (mATX) and the XPS 630/730 (ATX) are some form of BTX and do indeed have a different Power Supply ATX24pin and ATX12V config.

A new case will be required.
 
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