Rainbow said:
Hello Everyone!
I have bought an IBM Think Centre. The motherboard has the following
ID: FC 8S661FXMTIU
It is eqipped with an Celeron D 331 Processor (socket 775) which
doesn't fit my requirements (next time I should know before). Could
someone please give me advice which processor would suit to this
motherboard? My favorite is the Pentium 4 630.
Many thanks in advance
Rainbow
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/s...1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&categoryId=2580523
In that listing, the three computer models use CeleronD 331 2.66GHz,
P4 531 3GHz and P4 541 3.2GHz. So perhaps a 531 or 541 will work, if
there is enough electrical power for it.
(The Intel Processor Numbering page)
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/processor_numbers.htm
(Model info for P4, a bit easier to read in a scalable window)
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/body_view_p4.htm
Celeron D Model 331 (TDP 84 watts)
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL7TV
P4 531 (TDP 84 watts)
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL8HZ
P4 541 (TDP 84 watts)
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL8J2
Pretty clever of those IBM guys. All those processors have the
same TDP. Perhaps the fan will run a bit faster and louder with
the higher speed processor.
Replacing the processor will likely void the warranty. You will
probably ruin the thermal pad installed by IBM, and if they find
paste on the CPU and heatsink, they'll know you modified it.
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HTH,
Paul
