Does this mobo support my cpu?

[farns]

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/products/6vx7b_4x.htm


I have a 100FSB/128kb cache/1.75V 1gig celeron

I had a look in the cpu support list but Im not 100% sure which mine is, it seems that it supports a celeron 950 but not 1 gig.

[I.R]

Have you had a look over at intel for recommended mobo's???

[farns]

Well it has reccommended chipsets http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/linecard/valuepc.htm
but course they're all intel and the one Im looking at is Via :(

The auction at trademe ends in bout 5 hrs so Im trying to find out if its compatible, the trademe dude says it is but Im not sure the "Cpu Support List" in that mobo URL does.

[Grrr!!]

As far as I know - yes.

Melco has a variation of that board with an RRP of $210, you might be able to get it cheap new as well.

[farns]

Well this one at trademe has passed reserve at $85 ;)
More than $100 and its not worth it IMO

I have a Tualatin celly 1.2 + mobo(GA-VTXE) Teed up for $210 but mobo doesnt have sound so need to buy soundcard.
Might be best option anyway as it should OC to 1.5 easy.

But I already have the 1gig coppermine cpu so its six of one/half doz of tother.

Dam I wish you werent all hardcore AMD whOres and there was some nice old celeron grannies to help :P

[varkk]

Well I am thinking of getting a good ol' Celly sometime in the next few weeks or so, but am unsure whether to get a Tualitin core one or get one of the new Willamette core, although it is basically a P4 with the handbrake on, it can go into a P4 mobo, which means I can replace it with a much better chip sometime later, and I can use faster RAM speeds, also despite the 128k cache it still can pull it's weight, although they don't OC too well.
hmmm decision decisions

[farns]

Well Tualatin mobos r dam cheap(check out the Gigabytes @ pp.co.nz) but Id prolly go for the williamette celly, last longer and easier to upgrade like you say.
Im only getting a celly tho cos its a good price 2nd-hand, I would have got a Durrie or AXP if one had crossed my path and I thought it was gonna be cheap to make it nice and quiet.
Buying new cpu + new mobo Id get a P4 1.6A/1.8A :p

[_N_]

go for the old tualatlin cpu's, cause new P4 celeron is too expensive and the performance is shocking.

[farns]

ok there u have it. Tualatin mobos are like $150 new as well

[Grrr!!]

Originally posted by farns
Dam I wish you werent all hardcore AMD whOres and there was some nice old celeron grannies to help :P

I could count as a Celeron Granny. Many generations have come + go since my Celeron 366 was new :(.

[_N_]

i owned the following celerons: 333, 366, 566, 700 and 850.

you can get a P4 mobo for 168$ +GST,
VIA P4XB-RA, DDR, Pentium 4, Socket 478, RAID, ATX
or
VIA P4MA-L, All-in-one, DDR, Pentium 4, Socket 478, M- ATX

[farns]

The Via chipset for P4 doesnt overclock though I think

[_N_]

i don't think that, plus if you are gonna run a celeron P4 you can't really OC it too much. :)

[farns]

erm yeah I thought u meant a p4 northwood...hmm maybe I should just delete all my posts:rolleyes:

[Humantuckshop]

Originally posted by farns
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/products/6vx7b_4x.htm


I have a 100FSB/128kb cache/1.75V 1gig celeron

I had a look in the cpu support list but Im not 100% sure which mine is, it seems that it supports a celeron 950 but not 1 gig.


Back on topic:

Yup, your CPU is a 1GHz Coppermine128 (D-Step), so yes that board will be fine. I checked the BIOS update page and there are BIOSes available for D-Step CPU's. ;)

[varkk]

Originally posted by _N_
i don't think that, plus if you are gonna run a celeron P4 you can't really OC it too much. :)

well I would want to eventually replace the celly with a P4 northwood, and keep the Motherboard, also I read some reviews and the Celly did ok in the reviews, it wasn't blowing the field away or anything, but it was able to hold it's own. It was noted that the intel CPUs definatly benefit from running on an intel chipset motherboard, with the ones on the later 845 chipsets doing best as far as I can remember. As far as overclocking goes I think they have had the 1.7 up to about 2.0 stable, but nothing above that.
They said the problem was the core, and if they release northwood cellys then we may see some interesting things, but I doubt Intel want to hurt their P4 market by doing that :(

[_N_]

good point about intel CPU going with intel chipset,

but is it worth it putting such a CPU onto an expensive board?

[_N_]

looking at the VIA boards which are $168+GST

VIA P4XB-RA RAID P4X266A socket 478

"Overclockers will be delighted to know that the VIA P4XB-RA includes a number of functions that will allow them to tweak the boards many settings.

The "Frequency/Voltage control" BIOS menu, for instance, provides options for setting the clock multiplier to between 8X and 24X, altering the Vcore and DRAM voltages, and adjusting the FSB frequency.

Also within the BIOS, the "Advanced Chipset Features" menu, for its part, features a number of functions that allow users to tweak a wide variety of memory settings."

"FSB - 100Mhz to 199Mhz in steps of 1Mhz"

so it doesn allow OCing and has option for tweaking your system.

After all, lets not forget that VIA makes the KTxxx chipsets for AMD, which are the most popular in the world, so they know a bit about making chipsets.. :)

[farns]

Thanks Humantuckshop, I read all the lastest BIOSes inc that one but wasnt sure if my cpu was a D-step.
I have bought the mobo now anyway so too late heh