Will P4's run on 815E mobos?

[Panther]

Subject says it all; the mobo I'm interested in, in particular, is the Asus CUSL2... Anybody have any idea?

 

[kat5iv]

to my knolage no. heres why:
815 = socket 370
P4 = 4xx pins (i dont rembember the exact #, its like 475 i think)
P4 doesnt fit on socked 370

815 = 133 MHz bus
P4 = 400 MHz bus (right?)

you have to spend more $ when the P4 comes out on a new mobo too, sorry d00d

- Jason

 

[Ulysses]

No way.
The P4 will use a new chipset, the Intel 850, and Rambus DRAM. The P4 is a truly new microprocessor.

 

[Panther]

doh, oh well... maybe I better hold off then on upgrading the ol' mobo... Any ideas when the new breed of mobo's (that run P4's) become available?

 

[LXi]

Uh... once P4 comes out I assume? This winter.

 

[da loser]

i think they're going to be really expensive.

 

[LXi]

Hell yea, the i820 is already expensive enough, dont expect the P4 mobos to be cheap. The RDRAM prices are still unacceptable by then.

 

[Tripleshot]

lets get some quad pumped ddr ram and udma200 hdds and Asus or Abit overclocking mobos for that new processor. yummmmm.

 

[Panther]

so is there going to be a non-RDRAM variety of the 850?

 

[Tripleshot]

there is somone cooking up quad pumped ddr in a lab as we speak. If it works and is stable and can be easily manufactered,it could become the alternative to Rambus. But no one knows if it would cost less. Preliminary results show it tears up Rambus BAD!

 

[LXi]

Panther: Unless they get something done with DDR SDRAM, they would stick to RDRAM until then. Because the Willamette(P4) has a 400MHz bus, regular SDRAM will not have the capability to handle it, it's gotta have to be RDRAM or 200MHz DDR SDRAM.

 

[HannibalX]

By the time they P4's and the Mobos come out, I dont think an SDRAM version of the chipset will be needed becuase at the rate SDRAM is climbing and RDRAM is falling I am willing to bet they will be of equal price by then.

 

[cobain]

As I understand it Intel have made a DDR chipset for the P4, whether they will release this is another question. Maybe as P4's get cheaper they will sell it as a cheaper option like the 815 chipset

 

[cobain]

As I understand it Intel have made a DDR chipset for the P4, whether they will release this is another question. Maybe as P4's get cheaper they will sell it as a cheaper option like the 815 chipset