Be VERY careful where you buy. The T7600 is a terminal upgrade for millions of systems, and having been out of production for at least a couple of years, it's in greater demand than supply. Particularly if you venture to EBay, make sure the seller is reputable - there are a lot of remarked CPUs out there, or engineering sample CPUs for sale - these WILL NOT work on your system.
Wow... thanks for the advice. Thats where I was planning on buying it. E-bay. What do you mean remarked CPU's? as in they are marked as T7600 but arent?
This might sound like a dumb question but, why doesnt the engineering sample work?? Again, I really appreciate the advice. Oh, one more question....
I just checked my Chipset/ Motherboard info with SiSoftware Sandra. It states...
-Front Side Bus Speed: 4 X 133Mhz (532Mhz)
-Maximum FSB Spped: 4 X 200Mhz (800Mhz)
Does that mean I can get a processor that has a 800Mhz FSB. I did research but couldn't find anything on it or I found that the system becomes unstable.
Remarked CPUs are altered by the seller to run at speeds they weren't designed for. WIth EBay, the seller's reputation is your best indication that this hasn't happened.
Engineering sample CPUs are not multiplier-locked, which means they won't work with a system designed to run a locked CPU - you may find they'll run, but they will not run at full speed. Beyond that, engineering sample CPUs come with the added bonus of an unknown history - they're not designed to be sold, so they may have been abused in testing - and the person selling them is doing so in violation of their agreement with Intel, so you have no recourse if one fails - they're not guraranteed (and in fact Intel would probably be interested to find out where they came from, so that the seller can be excluded from obtaining any more of them).
The system supports 667 MHz bus CPUs max - you need an 965 or newer chipset to run the 800s.
ejn63
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May 23rd, 2009 16:00
Yes, that's the fastest CPU your system will take. Arctic Silver works well as thermal compound.
weymar8020
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May 23rd, 2009 17:00
Thanks a lot!!! I wanted to be 100% sure before I made the BIG purchase.
Much appreciated :)
ejn63
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May 23rd, 2009 18:00
Be VERY careful where you buy. The T7600 is a terminal upgrade for millions of systems, and having been out of production for at least a couple of years, it's in greater demand than supply. Particularly if you venture to EBay, make sure the seller is reputable - there are a lot of remarked CPUs out there, or engineering sample CPUs for sale - these WILL NOT work on your system.
weymar8020
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May 24th, 2009 20:00
Wow... thanks for the advice. Thats where I was planning on buying it. E-bay. What do you mean remarked CPU's? as in they are marked as T7600 but arent?
This might sound like a dumb question but, why doesnt the engineering sample work?? Again, I really appreciate the advice. Oh, one more question....
I just checked my Chipset/ Motherboard info with SiSoftware Sandra. It states...
-Front Side Bus Speed: 4 X 133Mhz (532Mhz)
-Maximum FSB Spped: 4 X 200Mhz (800Mhz)
Does that mean I can get a processor that has a 800Mhz FSB. I did research but couldn't find anything on it or I found that the system becomes unstable.
Thanks again for all your help!!
ejn63
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May 25th, 2009 04:00
Remarked CPUs are altered by the seller to run at speeds they weren't designed for. WIth EBay, the seller's reputation is your best indication that this hasn't happened.
Engineering sample CPUs are not multiplier-locked, which means they won't work with a system designed to run a locked CPU - you may find they'll run, but they will not run at full speed. Beyond that, engineering sample CPUs come with the added bonus of an unknown history - they're not designed to be sold, so they may have been abused in testing - and the person selling them is doing so in violation of their agreement with Intel, so you have no recourse if one fails - they're not guraranteed (and in fact Intel would probably be interested to find out where they came from, so that the seller can be excluded from obtaining any more of them).
The system supports 667 MHz bus CPUs max - you need an 965 or newer chipset to run the 800s.
scotto22
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November 26th, 2009 07:00
Wow, there really is a processor police virginia.
Violation of agreement with Intel ....
Do you think there is someone out there selling 100s of these procs ?
No ... '1' proc.
I can see Intel busting down their door ( that god the original poster didn't ask about weed too )
scotto22
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November 26th, 2009 07:00
According to Intel - http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=5341
the 915G will support 800 Mhz FSB
The 915GL does not - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets
Even my SX270 supports 800 Mhz FSB