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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Out of interest how much where you planning to pay for your 945? They often tend to cost more than the basic C2Ds and perform significantly less. Just thinking that if the CPU is going to cost enough more it might be a better idea to get a newer mobo and C2D CPU for only a small amount more than you would pay for the 945 alone. And thats assuming your board doesn't support one of the lower end C2Ds which it may as Zing has pointed out.
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£42 delivered from eBAY.
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Originally Posted by zing
ok a quick google and Asrock gives 2 options of board neither natches your actual name and neither does any in their support list which isnt unusual lol What chipset doesit have? The Presler core was the last of the Pentium D and Obviously Conroe was C2D ---------- Post added at 13:16 ---------- Previous post was at 13:13 ----------
http://www.asrock.com/news/show.asp?ID=90 is this the board? if it is then you can not have Quad core at all and the FSB maxes @ 800 mhz so its E2 duals or E4 duals with upto date bios |
Heres a picture of my motherboard:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/4Core...A(Enlarge).jpg
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Originally Posted by DaiNasty
Make and model of motherboard would be useful. You may be able to use a multi-core CPU as a replacement.
Core2 duo or quad would almost certainly play better than the Pentium.
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How much is the Quadcore Dou and is it safe to buy secondhand?