noob advice please

slothmeister · 24 May 2007 at 21:01

hi guys, i'm still in the process of trying to work out what i need to buy to get this media centre working, had the case for 2 months now with no components.

I've obtained a pentium 4 and a big old flower cooler until i have saved the pennies to get a core 2 duo.

Now i'm after a motherboard that preferably has onboard graphics for the moment, that will fit both these processors, now the thing that has confused me is that the chip i have obtained has no pins in the bottom? I take it that this is correct, i've always had AMD chips so was not aware that intel were so different.

needs to be relatively inexpensive, anything up to 40 quid with onboard 5.1/7.1.

Please help.

edit... oh yeah needs to be a micro-ATX

Paul11 · 24 May 2007 at 21:03

ignore me

semi-pro waster · 24 May 2007 at 21:10

Err, I'm pretty sure that you should have pins on the bottom of your CPU, at least both socket 775 and socket 478 (the old type, check you don't have it) do. Have they perhaps been snapped off?

The Abit Fatal1ty F-190HD is probably the best mATX motherboard but it is currently out of stock and costs around £70. Failing that the Asrock Conroe945G-DVI is your best bet at around £50. Do check on the CPU though, post the model number if you are unsure and perhaps even a picture of the bottom of the CPU so that someone can say if it is ok.

slothmeister · 24 May 2007 at 21:45

well the pins definatly don't look like they have been snapped off, haven't got a camera around at the moment.

all it says is:
Intel '04
pentium 4
2.93 Ghz /IM/566/04A
sl85v china
5452b543 (that b could be a 8 though!)

Indy500 · 24 May 2007 at 21:47

LGA775 that is. The pins are in the cpu socket for LGA775 systems.

slothmeister · 24 May 2007 at 21:53

so i take it then that there is not a motherboard around that would take both this and the core 2 duo?

Indy500 · 24 May 2007 at 21:55

slothmeister said:
so i take it then that there is not a motherboard around that would take both this and the core 2 duo?

Yes, provided they support 533FSB.

slothmeister · 24 May 2007 at 22:01

fine, can you recommend one then please.

slothmeister · 25 May 2007 at 15:03

anyone?

phi1 · 25 May 2007 at 15:04

Look at a DS4/3.. I am not sure i think it will..

Indy500 · 25 May 2007 at 15:05

phil14 said:
Look at a DS4/3.. I am not sure i think it will..

Not cheap and not mATX. Something like the Gigabyte GA 945GZM-S2 would be suitable. Not sure if it supports 1066FSB though.

slothmeister · 25 May 2007 at 15:11

a certain website says

CPU Bus: 1066 (OC) / 800 / 533Mhz

so i take it that it does.