Socket 478 CPU to Socket 775 CPU Transfer Card ????

[GEOrifle]

I just saw this Socket 478 CPU to Socket 775 CPU Transfer Card on site:

http://www.geeks.com/details.a...id=CL-TPTCA-01&cat=CPU

Take your old socket 478 CPU and put it in your new socket 775 motherboard with this CPU Transfer Card! It supports Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D (Northwood/Prescott) CPUs! Buy it today!



Features/Specifications:
Socket 478 CPU to Socket 775 CPU Transfer Card


General Features:
Convert Socket 478 CPUs into Socket 775
Supports Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D (Northwood/Prescott) CPUs
Easy to install


Supported CPUs:
Intel 845G/GV/P Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D with 400/533 MHz FSB
Intel 845GL/PL Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D with 400 MHz FSB
Intel 848P Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D with 400/533/800 MHz FSB
Intel 865G/PE Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D with 400/533/800 MHz FSB
Intel 865P Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D with 400/533 MHz FSB
Intel 915G/GV/P Pentium 4 and Celeron D with 533/800 MHz FSB
Intel 945G/P/GC Pentium 4 and Celeron D with 533/800/1066 MHz FSB
Intel 945PL/GZ Pentium 4 and Celeron D with 533/800 MHz FSB


Supported Motherboards:
Intel 865G/PE with 400/533/800 MHz FSB
Intel 865P with 400/533 MHz FSB
Intel 915G/GV/P with 533/800 MHz FSB
Intel 945G/P/GC with 533/800/1066 MHz FSB
Intel 945PL/GZ with 533/800 MHz FSB
SIS, VIA and NVIDIA chipsets with 533/800 MHz FSB

Package Includes:
Socket 478 CPU to Socket 775 CPU Transfer Card
Socket 775 back-board
Instructions

Product Requirements:
Socket 478 CPU and Socket 775 motherboard


Supported CPU and motherboard information is litle confusing, can someone explain in PLAIN ENGLISH what the hell is going on?

For sample i have ASRock 775i65GV with Intel® 865GV chipset wich isn't on supported list, does it means this MOB isn't supported right?

I have several CPU's 478 533/800 FSB and should be nice build.

Is this GOOD IDEA ????

 

[Andrew1990]

wow, thats a first for me. I might buy one just to fiddle with it.

 

[GEOrifle]

Good one right?
CPU and MOB supported list is confusing.

 

[Soulkeeper]

hahaha funny
guess they weren't so different afterall ...

 

[Denithor]

What this does in essence is connect the 478 pins from the older chips to the corresponding pins on the newer socket 775 motherboards.

These things typically work but maybe not very well. (And why, as newer CPUs are cheap and much better performers.) They are often extremely picky about the motherboards & chips, the phase of the moon, etc.

Regarding the lists: what's confusing about them? Under supported CPUs, take the first line for example. They're just saying that on Intel 845G, 845GV, and 845P chipset motherboards you should be able to get a socket 478 Pentium 4, Celeron, or Celeron D processor working (but only the models that use either 400 or 533 fsb, not the 800 fsb models). The last line there says on Intel 945PL and 945GZ chipset motherboards you can expect Pentium 4 and Celeron D processors with either 533 or 800 fsb to work but the older chips with 400 fsb probably won't work.

Your 865GV chipset board is kind of iffy as that chipset isn't apparently one of the "official" chipsets (ASRock is notorious for taking an old chipset and modifying it heavily). IIRC the 865 chipset originally launched for the 478 socket but was not officially intended for socket 775 (Intel released the 915/925/945/965 chipsets for 775). Since several 865 variants are listed your chip would probably work.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: Denithor
What this does in essence is connect the 478 pins from the older chips to the corresponding pins on the newer socket 775 motherboards.

These things typically work but maybe not very well. (And why, as newer CPUs are cheap and much better performers.) They are often extremely picky about the motherboards & chips, the phase of the moon, etc.

Regarding the lists: what's confusing about them? Under supported CPUs, take the first line for example. They're just saying that on Intel 845G, 845GV, and 845P chipset motherboards you should be able to get a socket 478 Pentium 4, Celeron, or Celeron D processor working (but only the models that use either 400 or 533 fsb, not the 800 fsb models). The last line there says on Intel 945PL and 945GZ chipset motherboards you can expect Pentium 4 and Celeron D processors with either 533 or 800 fsb to work but the older chips with 400 fsb probably won't work.

Your 865GV chipset board is kind of iffy as that chipset isn't apparently one of the "official" chipsets (ASRock is notorious for taking an old chipset and modifying it heavily). IIRC the 865 chipset originally launched for the 478 socket but was not officially intended for socket 775 (Intel released the 915/925/945/965 chipsets for 775). Since several 865 variants are listed your chip would probably work.

The supported CPU list, is listing chipsets, and not CPU's, so it's not exactly confiirming what CPU's are actually suppported. Especially since some of the "supported CPU's" are socket 478 chipsets, and others are socket 775 chipsets, so it doesn't exacly make a lot of sense..

 

[dbcooper1]

Why would you do this? It's going to cost $25 to get one and for a few dollars more, you could get a socket 775 CPU that would outperform just about any 478 chip you could put in this thing, using far less energy and likely a lot more stabilty. I could understand it when the 775 was first introduced, but now?

 

[Gillbot]

for the cost of the adapter alone, you can get a low end 775 chip from the fs/ft section.

 

[quadomatic]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
for the cost of the adapter alone, you can get a low end 775 chip from the fs/ft section.

Yeah, I can't understand why you would do that...unless you're moving from a socket 478 to a socket 775 with the intent of upgrading in the very near future, but don't want to purchase the cpu just yet...still that seems very odd.