are there any socket 478 motherboards that are compatible with pc133 ddr sdram? im looking to upgrade since i have a socket 478 processor but i just want to use my old ram i have now so i can just buy a motherboard and not ram too. since im on a tight squeezed budget for right now.
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Socket 478 mobo and PC133 Compatible??
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Craig56 said:
There are no PC133 motherboards that are in current production, regardless of the platform.
In addition, new Socket 478 motherboards are extremely scarce right now.
Thus, at this point, if you want to upgrade your motherboard, you will also have to buy a new processor and new memory.
I wasn't aware that PC133 DDR ever even existed. I'm pretty sure PC133 just comes in regular (single data rate?) DIMMs. Since S478 was born with the P4 after the RAMBUS (brief) era, I can't seem to think of any board that supports both a P4 and PC133.
I have an older S478 board (Asus P4PE) which does DDR333, I think there might have been maybe one or possibly two before it, but either way, you are going to be hard pressed to find anything if they ever existed.
I have an older S478 board (Asus P4PE) which does DDR333, I think there might have been maybe one or possibly two before it, but either way, you are going to be hard pressed to find anything if they ever existed.
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There are some 478 mobo's available at Newegg, but as said before, none that support PC133.
NulloModo said:
Actually, the very first i845 chipset-based motherboards (for Socket 478) supported PC133 SDRAM. However, none of those supported effective FSB speeds above 400MHz -- which means that you cannot use any newer processors above about 2GHz on such motherboards. Those early PC133 motherboards were quickly phased out and replaced by those which used DDR266/PC2100 DDR memory.
As a result, the OP is stuck between a rock and a hard place.