Looking into a P4 805d budget upgrade.

[mellondust]

Looking to possibly get some sort of combo with a pentium d 805. I'm going to use it for some CAD work, I don't plan to overclock it and want to stay under $100. I started looking at motherboards and am not sure what is compatible. I would guess any that support a pentium D processor would be but just to be sure I am asking. The main thing that is confusing is the boards that say FSB supported is 1066/800 vs. 1066/800/533 or 800/533. The 805 is a 533 FSB so will it only work on the boards supporting 533 or will any work?

Thanks

 

[Ninjaneer]

without having a specific motherboard to comment on, the blanket statement would be to find one that you like and then visit the manufacturer's website about it. From my experience, though, just because the bus speed is supported, doesn't mean the processor will be.

 

[stevty2889]

It wil only works on boards that have both 533mhz FSB support and pentium-d 805 support.

 

[mellondust]

It wil only works on boards that have both 533mhz FSB support and pentium-d 805 support.

Ok, I didn't know that. It seems the selection will be very limited. For clarification, the board has to support the pentium-d 805, not just pentium-d processors. Most motherboards don't seem to advertise each processor they support, just a general pentium/celeron lineup. Would I be able to assume that if the motherboard supports a socket 775, 533fsb, and pentium-d it would work with this even if it doesn't actually say pentium-d 805?

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: mellondust

It wil only works on boards that have both 533mhz FSB support and pentium-d 805 support.

Ok, I didn't know that. It seems the selection will be very limited. For clarification, the board has to support the pentium-d 805, not just pentium-d processors. Most motherboards don't seem to advertise each processor they support, just a general pentium/celeron lineup. Would I be able to assume that if the motherboard supports a socket 775, 533fsb, and pentium-d it would work with this even if it doesn't actually say pentium-d 805?

It should, but always good to look at the motherboard manufactures website since it will list specific CPU support and also the bios version/motherboard revision required.

EDIT: you could also tell me your budget, weather you want AGP/DDR or PCIe/DDR-2 or onboard video and I can make recomendations. I have mine on a gigabyte 8N-SLI, which has dual PCIe and uses DDR-2, cost ~$100.