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Quick noob PC question (re CPU & FSB)


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Just a quick question, my mobo is an ABIT BE7-RAID, Intel 845PE, P4 ATX, 400/533 FSB, DDR 333, etc etc

So im quessing I have to stick to CPUs that have 533Mhz FSB? ie I cant throw in a P4 3.0Ghz w/ 800 FSB? Will it just bottleneck? if it works at all?

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There's no guarantee it will work. It will do one of three things:

 

1) POST, and run at 2GHz (7.5 multiplier * (533/2) FSB)

 

2) POST, and complain it doesn't know what the CPU is, and not work

 

3) Not POST at all.

 

I personally wouldn't take the chance. Mobos are cheap as chips these days. You can pick up a board that will do 800FSB for under $100.

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