Can my motherboard support Core 2 Duo.

[G97]

I have a motherboard Axper XP-M5S661FX with a Pentium 4 506 2.66GHz. I was wondering if it is upgradeable to a better processor like Core 2 Duo or at the very least a Pentium D.

Current specs of the machine

Pentium 4 506 2.66ghz

2GB DDR 400 RAM

On board Sis661fx graphics

160GB SATA HDD

CD ROM

400W PSU

 

It is a socket 775 motherboard...

[it_dont_work]

Going by age I would doubt it, pentium d probably, c2d most likely not at all. Can't find my info from a  quick google search either

[Elei]

Hey,

 

Those really are some old parts. ^.^

is a new one to expensive or do you like the old one that much because there are many prebuild cheep pcs that should be a lot better then your old one.

 

[mariushm]

My guess is that it would work only with Pentium 4 processors with 533 Mhz FSB. Based on the weak VRM (see only 3 phase and lack of capacitors), I also wouldn't try using power hungry models.

 

If you're really lucky, maybe it will support Pentium D 805 (quad core 2.66 Ghz), with a 95w TDP :

 

Model Number	sSpec Number	Frequency	L2-Cache	Front Side Bus	Mult	Voltage	TDP	Socket	Release Date	Part Number(s)	Release Price (USD)
Pentium D 805	SL8ZH (B0)	2.66 GHz	2 × 1 MB	533 MT/s	20x	1.2 - 1.4 V	95 W	LGA 775	December, 2005	HH80551PE0672MN	$143

 

Otherwise, you'd probably have to stick to single core or single core + hyper threading

 

Pentium 4 505	SL7YU	D0	2660 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	20×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	December 2004	JM80547PE0671M
Pentium 4 505J	SL85U	E0	2660 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	20×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	December 2004	JM80547PE0671M
Pentium 4 506	SL8J8	E0	2660 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	20×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	June 2005	JM80547PE0671MN
Pentium 4 511	SL9CJ SL8U5	G1 E0	2800 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	21×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	2005	HH80547PE0721MN JM80547PE0721MN
Pentium 4 515	SL7YV	D0	2930 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	22×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	December 2004	JM80547PE0771M
Pentium 4 515J	SL85V	E0	2930 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	22×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	December 2004	JM80547PE0771M
Pentium 4 516	SL8J9	E0	2930 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	22×	1.25-1.400V	84 W	LGA 775	September 2005	JM80547PE0771MN
Pentium 4 519J	SL87L	E0	3067 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	23×	1.25-1.388 V	84 W	LGA 775	December 2004	JM80547PE0831M
Pentium 4 519K	SL8JA SL8PN	E0 G1	3067 MHz	1024 KB	533 MT/s	23×	1.25-1.4 V	84 W	LGA 775	2005	JM80547PE0831MN HH80547PE0831MN

 

Pentium 4 HT 517

SL8ZY, SL9CD

2.93 GHz

1024 KB

533 MT/s

22×

1.250-1.400V

84 W

LGA 775

September 2005

HH80547PE0771MM

You should find some of these processors on eBay by searching for that part number or by the code on the 2nd column  (ex SL7YU for P4 505)

 

And you can find how they compare using http://cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

 

 

 

[Droidbot]

https://web.archive.org/web/20140103174710/http://www.axper.com/product/motherboard/MB_XP-M5S661FX.htm#

 

Only P4 with HT

[mariushm]

So based on that page, the board supports 800 Mhz FSB as well, in which case the processors here should work :

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_4_microprocessors#Prescott_.2890.C2.A0nm.29_2

 

I'm talking about the Prescott (90nm) , Prescott 2M and maybe Cedar Mill (65nm) .. but I wouldn't trust that board to work with processors that have a TDP of 115 w (it's listed in one of the columns)

 

 

[theDarkPotato]

1 hour ago, G97 said:

I have a motherboard Axper XP-M5S661FX with a Pentium 4 506 2.66GHz. I was wondering if it is upgradeable to a better processor like Core 2 Duo or at the very least a Pentium D.

Current specs of the machine

Pentium 4 506 2.66ghz

2GB DDR 400 RAM

On board Sis661fx graphics

160GB SATA HDD

CD ROM

400W PSU

 

It is a socket 775 motherboard...

No after doing research on your motherboard, Your motherboard only supports a Pentium 4 on LGA775. With specs that Old, try Linux or if you want to use Windows, Unfortuately you will have to do a system rebuild with new components as a Pentium D or C2D Wont do. But if you do a little research on ebay, you can find a great deal on CPU, Ram and motherboard

 

 

[G97]

Thanks for all the replies.

Yeah...I am quite fond of this PC. My father bought this PC back in 2005 and it was the fastest PC around the house until 2009 when he bought a Compaq CQ40 with a Core 2 Duo processor (using it for college now)

Nowadays I use the Pentium4 for storing pictures and playing some old games like GTA3. I managed to install Windows 10 Professional on it though.