Upgrade a d 805 to an e5300

[gillbates]

I'm about to upgrade my gigabyte 945gzm-s2 (rev 2.1) MB from a D 805 to an e5300. I have 2 gigs of 533 memory in the MB. Does anybody know if this will work?

 

[saaiello]

Wolfdales will not work on that board at all.

List of CPUs that are supported and not

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-945GZM-S2(rev._2.1).html

The best it shows working for that board is a E4700. It says a E6700 conroe will work too but will be limited to a 800mhz FSB which will severly hurt performance. Your best bet is to upgrade your motherboard. On a budget you should look at an AMD system.

 

[gillbates]

What a bummer. I did check the gigabyte site before I bought it but they only had the specs for a revision 3 MB which will support that chip.

What does the revision number indicate anyway? I was hoping that it was just the different bios levels.

 

[saaiello]

I am not sure what they changed in the revisions but 2.1 and 3.x are the same for the cpu lists the rev 6.6 has support for a 1066mhz FSB. But no matter what revision a 45nm chip will not work and for the one you have it will only support cpus with a 800mhz FSB or lower.

 

[gillbates]

You are right. I went back to the gigabyte chart that told me I could use it and paid more attention. The n/a over on the right means no.
http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2467
Well I guess I'll byte the bullet and upgrade to an 1156 or 1366 even though they are a little more expensive than I care to pay. But I don't really want a high end end of life socket like the 775s. I guess I'll spend the next few hours on the guide to choosing parts and the homebuilt PC buying guide.

Thanks for setting me straight.

 

[Shadow703793]

^ Don't forget to consider an AM3

 

[popatim]

Just overclock that D805 - they regularly hit great overclock speeds when you have a good cooling solution. I can hit 3.6 -to 4ghz (depending on ambiant) on mine. and run 3ghz all day even when its sweltering out. Its a great chip!!!

 

[gillbates]

Ironically I originally bought this MB because it's suppose to be good to OC. However I never really needed more speed until I downloaded a 720p train ride across Norway. Since I run Linux on this box I cannot use the handy winders software that came with the MB to OC it. I tried OC'ing once before and had some problems. See this link for a full explanation:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1433279

But popatim talked me into trying again. The only thing in the BIOS you can change on this MB is the CPU Host Frequency which was set to 133. I eventually got it up to 170 which was fast enough for 720p. I tried 190 and it wouldn't even post. Oh well, at least I already knew how to zero out the CMOS.

Thanks for everyones input.