CPU Compatibility Question

rhawk79

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I'm about to sell my 850E motherboard and p4 2.4 533 to buy an 875 based board and a p4 2.8 800mhz bus cpu.

Question tho, if I receive my CPU first can I use the newer 800mhz bus based p4 in an 850E board and have it run at 533? This will be while I'm waiting for my new motherboard. There may be sometime in between getting both parts because I have to sell the old ones first, but I don't want to send away my current p4 2.4 533 and not have a working computer for the week or two in between. My board is compatible with the p4 2.8 533 so can i throw in a p4 2.8 800 for the time being and just have it run at 533? Thanks!
 

Lord Evermore

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It will only run at 1.8GHz if you use a 533MHz bus. You can't change the multiplier. But it should work okay I think. You may need to manually set the bus speeds.