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Is this CPU compatible?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by 1234aaron, Jan 11, 2009.

  1. 1234aaron

    1234aaron Regular member

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    Ive ordered an asrock 4coredual and ill have to buy a new core2duo later on to afford it, but for the time being, will the Intel Celeron D 2.80GHz Single core CPu work on it?

    and if it does, would it speed up my computer a little without the core2duo until i get one? because if it doesnt speed it up ill just keep it in its box until i get the new cpu, because my current old acer mobo is only using ddr yet this one will run ddr2 would that speed it up?

    thanks!! :)
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    won't speed up being you are using the same cpu off old board. won't work at all till you get ddr2 ram unless that board has both ddr & ddr2 slots.
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    He could potentially already have DDR2 RAM with a Celeron D, surely?
     
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  5. 1234aaron

    1234aaron Regular member

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    ive got a stick of ddr2 ready for the motherboard

    edit: hey sammoris can i just quickly ask this here, my CPU temp is hanging around 65c all the time is that normal or ok for a celeron? also if its at 65c what would the core2duo be like? 0.0
    and my old IDE hard drive is hanging around 50C
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Depends, 65C isn't great, but as long as it doesn't go any higher, it's acceptable. My bad for not reading your post properly :(
     
  7. 1234aaron

    1234aaron Regular member

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    ah ok, well ill grab some arctic 5 or whatever for the core2duo, its k :)
     
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    Remember to clean off the old paste first :)
     
  9. 1234aaron

    1234aaron Regular member

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    hey sammoris im talking to you with the nintendo wii browser!!!

    um my comp just died, im guessing its cause of heat? every time i boot it it will freeze at all sorts of places after the boot screen. sometimes when it says windows it starting up or welcome it'll just freeze :(

    the closest i got it was when i got to windows, for some reason it was loading the slowest ever, and when i opened IE it closed after about 3 secs. i just installed windows fresh and thers no viruses what could it be? pleaaase help me!! thanks! :)
     
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    all of a sudden both of my ram sticks seem to be broken :0

    i just managed to get windows to boot up on only 1 stick of ram, i got passed all the messages that say something like 0cx0x0x0 failed to inicialize blah blah. how c ould they both break? motherboard? thanks

    oh and y'know how i fixed my other computer not long ago and it was the ram, yea well there both the same brand, so is Hynix a good brand? i dont think so but...

    now im getting random popups saying i could win an iphone 3G, and windows are switching between active and non-active by themselves!! mabey this could be a virus...but...how...??? 0.o
    thanks! :) :(
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Windows XP off the bat is horrifically insecure. Always install at least Service Pack 2 and Antivirus software BEFORE you go browsing.
     
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    1234aaron Regular member

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    i cant even get windows xp to re-install, every time ive done it ive had to install it off an external HDD, but when i do it now, it just sits on a black screen :s what can i do now? plus isnt those failed to inisialize errrs usually caused by ram?

    thanks sammoris :)
     

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