Front side bus (800 Mhz or 667 Mhz?)

[Hkcuong]

Will the front side bus be changed when I upgrade from Core Duo to Core 2 Duo? My CPU is Core Duo 1.73 Ghz 800 Mhz. I have read many documents and they show that there are many but only Core 2 Duo CPUs which have the front side bus at 667 Mhz (but not 800 Mhz) that can be used to upgrade my current CPU. Is this right? Thanks all.
PS: My system chipset is 945gm

 

[farlex85]

Just depends on what your motherboard supports. Most 945's should support up to 1066 fsb I believe, so your fine w/ any chip that has 1066 or 800. Some support 1333 too though, which is what any of the 6xxx conroes or 8xxx wolfdales will have. Check the support page for your specific motherboard to make sure the chip you want is supported.

 

[Hkcuong]

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I'm gonna upgrade the CPU for my LAPTOP and the only thing I know is it is using the 945 GM chipset (and perhaps the circuit board of the laptop cannot support the front side bus at 1066 Mhz or 1333 Mhz)

 

[JrRacinFan]

I don't think you can upgrade from a Core Duo to a Core 2 Duo. Pretty sure (although not 100%) that they use a different socket.

EDIT:

Yes Core Duo uses socket 479.

 

[farlex85]

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I'm gonna upgrade the CPU for my LAPTOP and the only thing I know is it is using the 945 GM chipset (and perhaps the circuit board of the laptop cannot support the front side bus at 1066 Mhz or 1333 Mhz)

Ah sorry misunderstood, I just totally ignored the M part.

 

[Hkcuong]

This is a piece of consultancy I got from a member at notebookforums.com:
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread228607.html
He said that I can use T7200,T7400 and T7600 to upgrade my current CPU and I can see these CPUs use 479mPGA socket (what he called socket M)

 

[Hkcuong]

I don't think you can upgrade from a Core Duo to a Core 2 Duo. Pretty sure (although not 100%) that they use a different socket.

EDIT:

Yes Core Duo uses socket 479.

It is 479mPGA (shown by CPU-Z) and mPGA-479M (by PC Wizard), not only 479 and the ability to upgrade CPU can be seen here
http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket%20479%20(mPGA479M).html
The current CPU which I am using is Core Duo T2250 and it is used for socket M. Will the Core 2 Duo for socket M be able to use for upgrading my current CPU?

 

[Deleted member 24505]

It looks like it may fit,it just depends if it is supported by the chipset.

 

[Hkcuong]

Some said yes some said no (maybe they only looked at the chipset overview but they did not look at the valid core 2 duo combination with that chipset) then they concluded that it does not support Core 2 Duo CPUs.