ASRock 4coredual Rev 2.0 compatibility

[bcborn]

I have a ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 2 Rev2.0 and I'm considering the purchase of a Dual Core CPU for this board.

From the ASRock site the fastest dual core listed for this board is the E6300 (R0) 2.8 @1066.

Yet there site lists the Core 2 Duo E7500 (R0) 2.93 @ 1066 as being a compatible Core 2 Duo.

Therefore would the newer Intel Dual Core E6500 (R0) 2.93 @ 1066 work on this board? As noted it is not listed on there site currently.

I will be running the ASUS 4650 1G AGP Video Card along with 2 x 1M DDR400 initially and then move to 2 x 1M DDR2 667

 

[vixensjlin]

I am using ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 Rev 1.0 and running E7600 without any problems. As long as you update your BIOS there won't be any problems.


Please go to the following threads about your motherboard.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=53947 (closed)
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=311715 (open)

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

*snip* and then move to 2 x 1M DDR2 667

Have you purchased the DDRII/667 yet? If you haven't, then you're better off not buying it & save your $$, since you won't see any performance increase going to DDR2 from DDR/400 on that chipset. See this article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2058

"This story told us the choice of components like the CPU, motherboard, or graphics card is far more important to the overall performance of the system than our memory selection on this platform. While this is not surprising and certainly not unexpected, it just reinforces the fact that at this price point you can certainly extend the life of your existing DDR memory."

 

[bcborn]

No I have not yet bought any DDR2 667 yet, thanks for the link.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

No I have not yet bought any DDR2 667 yet, thanks for the link.

Glad to help :thumbsup: