P4 1.6GHZ/256/400/1.75V??

[cbolt67]

Pulled this out of a Compaq someone had thrown away. I know that's core speed/L2 size/FSB/ and Vcore, but what socket does it go in?? I haven't paid attention to or had an Intel chip since the P3 days. Thought I might build aweb browsing PC for my niece with this.

 

[theMan]

just count the pins...

anyway, it must be socket 478, i think all the p4's were socket 478 until 775 came.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: theman
just count the pins...

anyway, it must be socket 478, i think all the p4's were socket 478 until 775 came.

Not necessarily - I'm pretty sure that the very first P4's were Socket 423. I'm not sure if a 1.6 would have been on that socket or not though.

 

[cbolt67]

Originally posted by: theman
just count the pins...

anyway, it must be socket 478, i think all the p4's were socket 478 until 775 came.

I'll admit it....I'm too lazy to count the freakin things

I believe it to be a 478, I do remeber the early ones were 423's or something. Now i just need to find out what chipset would be best to pair it with.

 

[theMan]

i did a google search, and im pretty sure its 478.

 

[cbolt67]

Thx appreciate it.

 

[stevty2889]

It's a williamette core, so it could be either socket 478, or socket 423. Whats the spec number on the chip(for example SL6EX). That will make it easier to identify.

 

[phaxmohdem]

When you're looking at the CPU, the original Willamette chips (made from 1.3-1.7GHz I believe) will look alot more similar to a PIII chip. With a wide green PCB band around a metal heat spreader in the middle. That would be a socket 423 chip. IF it is a Socket 478 CPU, it will have a VERY narrow green PCB band showing and the chip will look basically like a big metal square from teh top. Socket 478 CPUs measure 35mm on all sides. The Socket 423 chips will be larger probably by over a Centimeter.

 

[cbolt67]

The number is SL5VH and it has the heat spreader so I believe its a socket 478 Willamette.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
When you're looking at the CPU, the original Willamette chips (made from 1.3-1.7GHz I believe) will look alot more similar to a PIII chip. With a wide green PCB band around a metal heat spreader in the middle. That would be a socket 423 chip. IF it is a Socket 478 CPU, it will have a VERY narrow green PCB band showing and the chip will look basically like a big metal square from teh top. Socket 478 CPUs measure 35mm on all sides. The Socket 423 chips will be larger probably by over a Centimeter.

exactly. socket 423 will look alot more like a AMD socket 462, the pins will be more widely spaced, 478 will be dense like a 754 or a 939.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

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Your's is a socket 478 williamette. You will need to be careful to find a proper motherboard that does williamettes. (Because no Northwood board supports a 1.75V Vcore). Also, FYI, if your chip had said VL instead of VH, it would have been a socket 423.