from celery to p3..... help!!

[ShVen]

aight, i got a celery400@570 ppga, its still to slow though, now i know there are fcpga p3's, but what is the difference between ppga and fcpga??? or can i just get a p3 fcpga?? my board supports 100mhz fsb and can go up to 800mhz (8*100)... i want to either get a p3-600 or a celeron-800, whichever is cheaper, now al i need to know is if i can just put them on my board, cuz im not sure... do i need a ppga to fcpga adapter or something? is there even a converter for that??? please help me!!!! i want to buy a new cpu, this celeron400@570 is just tooo slow

 

[Wingznut]

An FC-PGA cpu will not work in your motherboard. Although, Powerleap does make an adapter for it, I've heard that it doesn't always work.

Really, your best bet is to upgrade the motherboard too.

 

[bacillus]

like Wingznut PEZ said, it will not work because the pin definitions have changed between the Socket-370 PPGA Celeron and the FC-PGA Pentium3!

 

[Kingofcomputer]

Check your mb spec, early mb only takes ppga, later mb takes both ppga and fcpga, some newer mb takes only fcpga.

A better upgrade - duron + new kt133a mb.

 

[hellboy]

i just baught an abit slockett, pulled out my old celery 300a and pop in a p3 700
no problem at all