Penryn requirements

[ViperMichael]

Anybody know what you will need to have, to put a Penryn in later on??

the motherboard i was looking at was a LGA775, FSB 1333mhz, and you can change the voltage on the cpu is that all i got to have?

Mother Board is a Abit IN9 32-max wi-fi, 680i

 

[myocardia]

I don't think any of us know for sure yet, except that Intel's newest chipset, the P35 or 35P, is going to be the chipset that's specifically for Penryn. It will also support C2D's.

 

[JAG87]

penryn needs a board that supports 1333 FSB and VRM 11.1
no boards have that except for P35 boards.

current LGA775 boards can receive a bios update to support penryn CPUs. All they need is to be able to recognize the cpu microcode, and be able to switch to 1333 FSB. the VRM 11.1 specification can be worked around by assigning the correct voltage to the CPUs through bios code. any motherboard that already supports a wide variety of voltages can feed the right voltage to the cpu with just a few lines of code. but features like speed step will most likely not work.

the best thing to do is to get a board that is made for penryn. less problems that way. and plus dont forget DDR3 is coming, so you might want to wait, instead of trying to future proof now.

 

[Cooler]

It needs a new chipset as it will have a different power requirement.

 

[HexiumVII]

I'm wondering if the late 680i boards will be able to support the Penryn as it looks like the P35s will beat them to the market (DFI 680i and MSI P6N Diamond)

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: Cooler
It needs a new chipset as it will have a different power requirement.

Chipset has nothing to do with power requirements. For example, the 945 chipset can support Core2 even though it was released well, well before the Core2 even existed. As JAG correctly pointed out, the only issue with Penryn compatibility will for current boards will be VRM requirements, which will in some cases be worked around and in other cases not. That being said, if you've waited this long I'd just wait and purchase a certified Penryn-compatible board.