Hey guys, i've been rocking an old pentium D for a couple of years now and i was wondering if a pentium e6600 would be a good replacement?
Advice appreciated
~Bohr
Advice appreciated
~Bohr
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You would need to know which board for sure. Since the 775's had 3 different power requirements in the sockets for the life of the Socket.
I would honestly say its not worth the time, and that I doubt it will work.
-ST
I would honestly say its not worth the time, and that I doubt it will work.
-ST
Well apprently if it used a Prescott, Cedar Mill, SmithField or Preslar Pentium D then it should, however, if you were using say DDR memory on the board, the Core 2 only use DDR2 far as I know, so this might prove an issue. Full support for the cpu would best be checked on the manufacturers website.
A Core 2 Quad would be the best option vs the dual, cause if it can work with a lower end say a core 2 Pentium, then it can work with the high end Core 2 or core 2 quad at least the vast majority of the time. Best dual core, Core 2 E7200 to E7600 or E8300 to E8600 and up, for the quads Q6400 to Q6700 or Q8200 to Q8400 or Q9300 to Q9650, the 8300 and up are the best choice or the Q9000 and up the best choice in regards to performance.
Conroe was the offical replacement for Pentium 4 and Pentium D, so if they use the same socket I am 99% sure they would work, as long as the memory used as well as the wattage/FSB lines up.
So, is it worth it, might be if you can get them cheap enough, but last time I checked about 6 months ago, to go from E8400 to Q9550 was like $320 whereas a brand new cpu that was faster then both by a good amount was $110 not including motherboard or memory. So this is up to you
A Core 2 Quad would be the best option vs the dual, cause if it can work with a lower end say a core 2 Pentium, then it can work with the high end Core 2 or core 2 quad at least the vast majority of the time. Best dual core, Core 2 E7200 to E7600 or E8300 to E8600 and up, for the quads Q6400 to Q6700 or Q8200 to Q8400 or Q9300 to Q9650, the 8300 and up are the best choice or the Q9000 and up the best choice in regards to performance.
Conroe was the offical replacement for Pentium 4 and Pentium D, so if they use the same socket I am 99% sure they would work, as long as the memory used as well as the wattage/FSB lines up.
So, is it worth it, might be if you can get them cheap enough, but last time I checked about 6 months ago, to go from E8400 to Q9550 was like $320 whereas a brand new cpu that was faster then both by a good amount was $110 not including motherboard or memory. So this is up to you
Ok good to know, i have ddr2 and a board that seems to be able to handle newer 775 processors (asus p5n-e). Yeah i've been looking for the old core 2 quads but they're pricing is just ridiculous! Newegg.ca - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80580Q9505 for example. Maybe i'll just have to suck it up and go bargin hunting at ebay or a local store.
Thanks guys
Thanks guys
Speaking as the owner of an ASUS P5N-E SLI, I can yes, it works with an E6600. I've been running one since 2007. It will support up to E8600, Q6600 and QX6850.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- CPU Support P5N-E SLI
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- CPU Support P5N-E SLI
Dang core 2 quads at that price might as well upgrade to a 2500k. Yea try computer repair shops if you can sometimes they have forgotten parts they will sell for cheap.
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