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Socket N and Socket 478 same thing?

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EnFoRcEr!!

Limp Gawd
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I'm thinking of swapping my brothers P4 2.4 with a 3.0. But his 2.4 is a socket 478, while the 3.0 is a socket N. However, I've read that they are the same thing. Is this true?
 
be sure the motherboard is capable of the correct FSB, or else you could be swapping his 2.4 out for a 1.5Ghz! :eek: :mad:

Ex: If your motherboard only does 100FSB (not likely, but if the BIOS doesn't have the correct Microcode & FSB adjustments) your 3.0 might only run at 1.5Ghz!

The 3.0 (C or E) both run on a 200FSB so its got a 15x multiplier, so if your motherboard only ran it at 100FSB you'd have a 1.5Ghz chip.

And it IS very likely that your motherboard would only run at 133FSB, many 845 motherboards were sold and those ALL only support 133FSB, so your 3.0C or 3.0E would only be at 2Ghz!

Sidenote: all FSB = x 4 for Quad FSB the way Intel quotes them, IE: 100, 133, 200 FSB = 400, 533 & 800 QFSBs
 
Luckily both are 800fsb. Thanks for the heads up though. And thanks for the help guys!
 
alphabet sockets! its a wonderful treat for the whole family

socket a, am2, f, j, n, s, t, w
and don't forget sockets 1 through 8

am I missing any?

n for northwood
w for williamette
a for athlon or amd
f for farfignewton?
j for jeepers?
s for stone cold steve austin?
t for turtle soup?
 
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