Please help

[coolsun]

My cpu finally went down last night after 7 years.
Just a the moment i cannot not afford a new system, so i am wondering will a
Gigabyte GA-81RXP mobo {which i already have } be compatible with a Intel P4 3.20e 800fsb 1mb cpu or a INTEL PENTIUM 4 2.80GHz 800FSB 512K cpu.
My previous setup was a Gigabyte GA-81RXP mobo {which i already have } with a Intel P4 2.0ghz 400fsb cpu.

Thanks

 

[Nik_I]

i wasn't able to find your board on the gigabyte website, and i couldnt find much after a quick google. but the cpu you plan to get has a higher FSB than your current one, which means it most likely wont work. and unless you're getting that cpu from a friend, it's probably going to cost a heck of alot more than it should. If you're tight on cash, buy a newer-ish motherboard that supports the socket 775 cpu's and you could even pick up a celeron E1200 for $50, and it would be far faster than what you have now.

 

[ejay]

From my recollection, the"e" series P4s are of the Prescott 478 variety, and probably not compatible with the GA-81RXP. You would need a D865 or D875 variety of motherboard to use the 3.2e.

 

[major53]

coolsun the Gigabyte GA-81RXP mobo supports 400 fsb only I believe and it will not support 800 fsb cpu's those two cpu are 800 fsb .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138079

this could be one of your choices.and before I would dish out $60.00 for that board I would do this option I would use Nik_I option :If you're tight on cash, buy a newer-ish motherboard that supports the socket 775 cpu's and you could even pick up a celeron E1200 for $50, and it would be far faster than what you have now.

 

[Nik_I]

coolsun, tell us how much you can afford to spend, and we can try and put together an extremely low-cost build or parial build for you. also, list all of your current specs so we can see if any of it can be reused.