This Intel - Celeron motherboard is history, but I have 3 brand new Pentium D CPU's so I need a motherboard to run one of these CPU's in this machine. Case is ATX full tower. I have 650w PSU, IDE optical drives, IDE or Sata hardrives ect. And I need to do this at minimal cost.
What mboard do you guys recommend?
What about this one?...
G31 supports Pentium-D
Asrock says it's supported:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.us.asp?Model=G31M-GS%20R2.0 PentiumŪ Dual Core is Pentium-D
Pentium D-805:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_D/Intel-Pentium%20D%20805%20HH80551PE0672MN%20%28BX80551PE2666FN%29.htmlBus speed = 533MHz
CPU speed = 2667 MHz
You will need DDR2-800 or 667 RAM
You will be able to try overclocking with the Asrock if you raise the Bus Speed from 133. CPU is quad-pumped, so it's bus speed is 133x4=533.
I bought that Asrock board a year ago & it was DOA. It's getting hard to find Socket 775 boards If you decide to buy one, look for one that supports DDR3 RAM, since it is much cheaper than DDR2. Also, when the RAM slots are that close together, RAM with heatsinks are difficult to seat.
I'm running a Gigabyte G41 with Pentium D-925 overclocked to 3.5GHz. Not using stock cpu fan, temp is 25-30degC.