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How do I find out what CPU my MoBo will take?

Kimmy

Kimmy

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Hi guys,

I need some help and guidance.

I’d like to upgrade my CPU. At the moment I have an E6700 running at stock speed. I have tried to overclock using easytune, but every time it locks up my computer. I’m not doing that again!

How can I find out what CPUs my motherboard can take? My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R.

Thanks.
 
Vender Model Frequency L2 Cache Core Name Process Stepping Wattage FSB 1333
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz 12 MB Yorkfield 45nm C1 135W 1600 F12
(by overclocking)
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz 12 MB Yorkfield 45nm C0 135W 1600 F12
(by overclocking)
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX9650 3GHz 12 MB Yorkfield 45nm C1 130W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX9650 3GHz 12 MB Yorkfield 45nm C0 130W 1333 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 3.0 GHz 12MB Yorkfield 45nm E0 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB Yorkfield 45nm E0 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9550s 2.83GHz 12MB Yorkfield 45nm E0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB Yorkfield 45nm C1 95W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Yorkfield 45nm C1 95W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz 6MB Yorkfield 45nm R0 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9400s 2.66GHz 6MB Yorkfield 45nm R0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz 6MB Yorkfield 45nm M1 95W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8400 2.66GHz 4MB Yorkfield 45nm R0 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz 4MB Yorkfield 45nm R0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8300 2.50GHz 4MB Yorkfield 45nm R0 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 4MB Yorkfield 45nm M1 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 4MB Yorkfield 45nm R0 95W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8200s 2.33GHz 4MB Yorkfield 45nm M1 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8600 3.33GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm E0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm C0 65W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm E0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm C0 65W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm E0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8300 2.83GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm C0 65W 1333 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm C0 65W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8190 2.66GHz 6MB Wolfdale 45nm C0 65W 1333 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX6850 3GHz 8MB Kentsfield 65nm G0 130W 1333 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX6800 2.93GHz 8MB Kentsfield 65nm G0 130W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHz 8MB Kentsfield 65nm B3 130W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz 4MB Conroe XE 65nm B2 75W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz 8MB Kentsfield 65nm G0 95W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 2.40HGz 8MB Kentsfield 65nm G0 95W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz 8MB Kentsfield 65nm B3 105W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz 3MB Wolfdale 45nm M0 65W 1066 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz 3MB Wolfdale 45nm R0 65W 1066 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz 3MB Wolfdale 45nm M0 65W 1066 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz 3MB Wolfdale 45nm M0 65W 1066 F12
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6850 3GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm G0 65W 1333 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm G0 65W 1333 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm B2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm B2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm G0 65W 1333 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm B2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm L2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm B2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6320 1.86GHz 4MB Conroe 65nm B2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm L2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm B2 65W 1066 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E4700 2.60GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm G0 65W 800 F10
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E4600 2.40GH 2MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E4500 2.20GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E4400 2GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E4400 2GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm L2 65W 800 F9
Intel Core™ 2 Duo E4300 1.80GHz 2MB Conroe 65nm L2 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6300 2.80GHz 2MB Wolfdale 45nm R0 65W 1066 F12
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 2.70GHz 2MB Wolfdale 45nm R0 65W 800 F12
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 2.60GHz 2MB Wolfdale 45nm R0 65W 800 F12
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 2.50GHz 2MB Wolfdale 45nm M0 65W 800 F12
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2220 2.40GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F10
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 2.2GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 2.0GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 1.8GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 1.8GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm L2 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 1.6GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 1.6GHz 1MB Conroe 65nm L2 65W 800 F9
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1600 2.4GHz 512KB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F12
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1500 2.2GHz 512KB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F12
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1400 2.0GHz 512KB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F10
Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1200 1.60GHz 512KB Conroe 65nm M0 65W 800 F10
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 3.73GHz 4MB Presler 65nm C1 130W 1066 F9
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 3.46GHz 4MB (2x2) Presler 65nm B1 130W 1066 F9
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840-XE 3.20GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm A0 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 960 3.60GHz 4MB Presler 65nm D0 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 960 3.60GHz 4MB (2x2) Presler 65nm C1 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 950 3.40GHz 4MB (2x2) Presler 65nm B1 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 945 3.40GHz 4MB Presler 65nm D0 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 945 3.40GHz 4MB Presler 65nm C1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 940 3.20GHz 4MB Presler 65nm C1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 940 3.20GHz 4MB (2x2) Presler 65nm B1 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 935 3.20GHz 4MB Presler 65nm D0 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 930 3GHz 4MB Presler 65nm C1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 930 3GHz 4MB (2x2) Presler 65nm B1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 925 3GHz 4MB Presler 65nm C1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 920 2.80GHz 4MB (2x2) Presler 65nm B1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 915 2.80GHz 4MB Presler 65nm C1 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 840 3.20GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm B0 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 840 3.20GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm A0 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 830 3GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm B0 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 830 3GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm A0 130W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 820 2.80GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm B0 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 820 2.80GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm A0 95W 800 F9
Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz 2MB Smithfield 90nm B0 95W 533 N/A
Intel P4-Extreme Edition 3.73GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm N0 115W 1066 F9
Intel P4-Extreme Edition 3.46GHz 2MB Northwood 0.13 micron M0 110.7W 1066 N/A
Intel P4-Extreme Edition 3.40GHz 2MB Northwood 0.13 micron M0 109.6W 800 N/A
Intel Pentium 4 672 3.80GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm R0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 670 3.80GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm R0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 670 3.80GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm N0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 662 3.60GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm R0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 661 3.60GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm B1 86W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 660 3.60GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm N0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 651 3.40GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm D0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 651 3.40GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm B1 86W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 650 3.40GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm R0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 650 3.40GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm N0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 641 3.20GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm D0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 641 3.20GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm B1 86W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 640 3.20GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm N0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 631 3GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm D0 65W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 631 3GHz 2MB Cedar Mill 65nm B1 86W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 630 3GHz 2MB Prescott 90nm N0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 571 3.80GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 570J 3.80GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 561 3.60GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 560 3.60GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm D0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 560J 3.60GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 115W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 551 3.40GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm G1 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 551 3.40GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 550 3.40GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 550J 3.40GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 541 3.20GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 540 3.20GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 531 3.00GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 530 3GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm D0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 530J 3GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 524 3.06GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm G1 84W 533 N/A
Intel Pentium 4 521 2.80GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 520 2.80GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm D0 84W 800 F9
Intel Pentium 4 519K 3.06GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm G1 84W 533 N/A
Intel Pentium 4 516 2.93GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm G1 84W 533 N/A
Intel Pentium 4 516 2.93GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Pentium 4 506 2.66GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Pentium 4 505J 2.66GHz 1MB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron 400 Sequence 440 2GHz 512KB Conroe-L 65nm A1 35W 800 F9
Intel Celeron 400 Sequence 430 1.8GHz 512KB Conroe-L 65nm A1 35W 800 F9
Intel Celeron 400 Sequence 420 1.60GHz 512KB Conroe-L 65nm A1 35W 800 F9
Intel Celeron D 365 3.60GHz 512KB Cedar Mill 65nm D0 65W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 360 3.46GHz 512KB Cedar Mill 65nm D0 65W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 356 3.33GHz 512KB Cedar Mill 65nm C1 86W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 355 3.33GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm G1 73W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 352 3.20GHz 512KB Cedar Mill 65nm C1 86W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 351 3.20GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 346 3.06GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 345J 3.06GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 341 2.93GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 340J 2.93GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 336 2.80GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 335J 2.80GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 331 2.66GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 330J 2.66GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 326 2.53GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A
Intel Celeron D 325J 2.53GHz 256KB Prescott 90nm E0 84W 533 N/A


You should save urself some cash by reading the overclocking sticky and jumping in the bios. :)
 
Thanks for the reply,

What do you mean?

“You should save urself some cash by reading the overclocking sticky and jumping in the bios”.

Can you provide a link? I don’t understand.

Thanks.
 
Hi, we have a Overclocking sticky in the Overclocking forum which may help - Clicky

Ideally you need to overclock in the BIOS as overclocking within windows often leads to problems.
 
Thanks for explaining that..

I’ve just read the sticky and I have to be honest, I don’t understand 90% of it. At the moment I have the ‘F10’ BIOS. According to the above list, if I update the BIOS to F12, I can either install a E8600 (which runs at 3.33) or a Q9650 (which runs at 3.00). I know the Q CPU runs slower, but it has two extra cores. It might run games faster.

Thanks.
 
Dont go with a E8600 as a E8400 should get towards 4Ghz on your mobo easy. I understand the sticky looks complicated but give it a read then have a poke around in your bios and see if you can understand any that you read. Hows life in merthyr? Im about a hour the other side of Brecon.
 
I don’t think I want to overclock a new CPU. According to the sticky, overclocking voids your warranty and increases the risk of premature death of you're hardware.

The E8600 has a faster speed, so it should play games better. I don’t know of many games that actually makes use of quad cores. None of the games I have mention playing better/faster on quad cores.

Merthyr sucx..
 
Git yaself in dat bios !!

Once in there you will sink to the lowest depths possible

We won't hear you post for weeks as you will be torturing the bios to find all its little traits :) and pushing your fsb and ram to their max

Then wham, a post will appear with many a fancy picture of temp readings/benchmarking results and cpuz's and gpuz's like they were going out of fashion

Can see it now, "My First Overclock, Why didnt i do it sooner" as the thread title

Seriously, read that guide a few times, it sounds harder reading than it is actually doing the clocking ;)

What's the worst that can happen ?? blackout Merthyr ?

Arma2 uses quad cores :)

As for the risk of premature death, that can happen on underclocked cpu's and gpu's not to mention ram lol

How long you planning on keeping the innards, if more than a decade then worry about failure, if not clock and have fun learning, you can always go back to stock settings after just trying ;)

vcore, the volatge to a cpu, my stock rating is 1.275v @ 2.4Ghz
vcore i use clocking to 3.6Ghz is 1.475, with a bit of v-droop (ohh arr missus) it's actuall showing 1.42 aint like you're shoving the power of a lightning strike through the core to raise it's speed

You're right too, about Merthyr i mean, only like the asda there as it was a decent store

Anyways food for thought, and you'll get plenty of help if you tinker a bit and need advice on how to test things are stable etc

Take Care
 
Kimmy said:
I don’t think I want to overclock a new CPU. According to the sticky, overclocking voids your warranty and increases the risk of premature death of you're hardware.

The E8600 has a faster speed, so it should play games better. I don’t know of many games that actually makes use of quad cores. None of the games I have mention playing better/faster on quad cores.

Merthyr sucx..
Click to expand...


Iv had a E8600 and honestly it is overpriced. A E8600 is just a overclocked E8400 ;)
 
Defiance_co said:
Git yaself in dat bios !!

Once in there you will sink to the lowest depths possible

We won't hear you post for weeks as you will be torturing the bios to find all its little traits :) and pushing your fsb and ram to their max

Then wham, a post will appear with many a fancy picture of temp readings/benchmarking results and cpuz's and gpuz's like they were going out of fashion

Can see it now, "My First Overclock, Why didnt i do it sooner" as the thread title

Seriously, read that guide a few times, it sounds harder reading than it is actually doing the clocking ;)

What's the worst that can happen ?? blackout Merthyr ?

Arma2 uses quad cores :)

As for the risk of premature death, that can happen on underclocked cpu's and gpu's not to mention ram lol

How long you planning on keeping the innards, if more than a decade then worry about failure, if not clock and have fun learning, you can always go back to stock settings after just trying ;)

vcore, the volatge to a cpu, my stock rating is 1.275v @ 2.4Ghz
vcore i use clocking to 3.6Ghz is 1.475, with a bit of v-droop (ohh arr missus) it's actuall showing 1.42 aint like you're shoving the power of a lightning strike through the core to raise it's speed

You're right too, about Merthyr i mean, only like the asda there as it was a decent store

Anyways food for thought, and you'll get plenty of help if you tinker a bit and need advice on how to test things are stable etc

Take Care
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+1

E6700 is still an excellent CPU.

If you think that trying to OC is going to kill your chip, you should see me about a year ago putting 2.0v through my poor E2200 to get it to 3.9ghz __ON AIR__ haha. Yet it still works just fine ;-).


Browse through the forums, use search option, there are plenty posts with similar build to yours that will point you in the right direction.
 
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