If I buy an 875 chipset mobo (ASUS or abit) today, will it support a prescott processor?

[gotsmack]

I'm thinking of upgrading my system soon.

If I go out and buy an ASUS or ABIT 875 chipset mobo, will it support a prescott processor?

thanks in advance.

 

[Radioactiveninja]

yes it will be able to support it assuming they dont change the socket type on the processor

 

[NerdOfTheNorth]

The early prescotts will use the old Socket 478, but I think that they plan on switching to a different one later on.

 

[gotsmack]

yea, they top out at 3.8 in pin form, but I heard that voltage requirements are going to be higher. I just wanted to know if I buy a new 875 chipset asus or abit mobo TODAY, would it be able to handle the proc upgrade in 15 months.

 

[RalfHutter]

There's just no way to tell right now. No one knows exactly what Prescott will require. Originally most of the 80MHz boards claimed Prescott support but the manufacturers withdrew those claims after more info about Prescott started getting released. I'm not too into Abit boards but I think the new AI7 claims to support Prescott but it's an 865 board.

 

[tallman45]

Maybe and maybe not, check this out for more or less the answer

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTY1

 

[gotsmack]

thanks for the link, but the question is

what will happen when you put in a prescott processor in a non-compliant 875 chipset mobo. will it fry the board or just not boot.

 

[lifeguard1999]

Until we get a Prescott in, who knows? It is likely that it will boot, and perhaps make it all the way into Windows, but then be unstable if the motherboard is not up to spec. That is assuming you do not have BIOS issues at the beginning.

 

[tallman45]

Gotsmack,

If you did not purchase the MB yet and really want to make sure it supports Prescott, then you may want to wait to ensure that they are compatable, which may be a month. Or get the Intel 875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition CPU, Model "D875PBZLK FMB 1.5" now which will likely support it. Funny thing is that Intel did not spec this MB to the FMB 2.0 spec which Asus and Gigabyte are shooting for.