865 chipsets that support celeron?

[idiot_y]

are there any pentium chipsets that are decently upgradeable and still support entry level processors like celeron???
preferably with 800 fsb and ddr400

[Panama Red]

Take a look at the Asus P4P800 series of boards. They support 400fsb as well as 533 and 800. Think the Deluxe board does too.

http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4P800&langs=09

Also supports the appropriate memory for those fsb ratings. And welcome to PC Mech! Enjoy yourself.

[glc]

As I said in your other thread, you need to look at the CPU compatibility chart for the exact board. I personally wouldn't go any slower than 2.0 GHz on a Celeron - the Northwood core is a better processor than the Willamette core and still pretty cheap.

[ric449]

Originally posted by glc As I said in your other thread, you need to look at the CPU compatibility chart for the exact board. I personally wouldn't go any slower than 2.0 GHz on a Celeron - the Northwood core is a better processor than the Willamette core and still pretty cheap.

In what way is northwood better than willamette when dealing with celerons?

[idiot_y]

thanks

[idiot_y]

something to do with the new stepping for the northwood
and the .13 micron instead of the .18, i don't know what that means but it's better for overclocking i guess

[glc]

Less heat, more efficient core. The 1.7 cely gets hammered by the old 1.3 Tualatin P3 based cely. Willamettes are dogs.

[fudtone]

My D865perl supports my 2.2cel with ddr333 will also go to 800fsb and ddr400.