Motherboard Socket Converter

[trax1]

I need to buy a new motherboard, I have a 478 socket chip and there's really little selection for that, so I want to get a converter to get a 775, I know they make them because I saw it on a site once for like $20, now I can't find it, so if you know somewhere I can find a converter from a 478 to a 775 let me know.

[AirFlyer]

Never seen or heard one of these, and to be honest it just sounds like a bad idea. You might be better off getting a decent 775 Socket Mobo, they're not that much these days.

[TilDeath]

Never seen or heard one of these, and to be honest it just sounds like a bad idea. You might be better off getting a decent 775 Socket Mobo, they're not that much these days.

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[Fulmar]

I think I recall these existing with Slot 1 and the Socket 370 CPU's.  You could put a Socket 370 Pentium 3 in a Slot 1 adapter.

I do not believe they make them for any other sockets as it would be fairly infeasible.  Slot 1's gave you a lot of customary room to work with to fashion an adapter.

[BaldEagl]

Correct.  There was a Slot 1 to socket 370 converter but I've never heard of any other type.  It allowed you to run up to a 1.4 Gb Pentium 3 or Celeron on a Slot 1 board.  You can still find those on e-bay and google shopping.

[james77411]

they stopped making them when the newer 775 pcu were made

[Krusty]

You can get more than a decent Core2Duo for $150 or so, and a middle-to-high-end C2D for $188 or so (hell, some of the best of the chips available last year have dropped so much in price I paid MORE money for LESS power on the CPU I have now.

Those socket adapters are usually for lower power chips, and many have limitations on what you can use in them.

On top of that, if your CPU is so old you need an adapter (assuming that's the case) your FSB speeds might be so slow you have to purchase an obsolete motherboard just to accept them (adapter or not). In that case you're shooting yourself in the foot and not gaining ANY benefit from upgrading.

Just get a new low-end CPU (budget), because the C2Ds at 1.6GHz probably outperform the old Pentium 4s at 2.66 GHz. Then upgrade later when you can afford better.

[Fulmar]

You can get more than a decent Core2Duo for $150 or so, and a middle-to-high-end C2D for $188 or so (hell, some of the best of the chips available last year have dropped so much in price I paid MORE money for LESS power on the CPU I have now.

Those socket adapters are usually for lower power chips, and many have limitations on what you can use in them.

On top of that, if your CPU is so old you need an adapter (assuming that's the case) your FSB speeds might be so slow you have to purchase an obsolete motherboard just to accept them (adapter or not). In that case you're shooting yourself in the foot and not gaining ANY benefit from upgrading.

Just get a new low-end CPU (budget), because the C2Ds at 1.6GHz probably outperform the old Pentium 4s at 2.66 GHz. Then upgrade later when you can afford better.

For what its worth
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072
E5200 Wolfdale - $72.99

Motherboard
$50-$60 for a cheapy.  At least get a name brand one, nothing like a Jetway or similar.

Ram:
$20-22 for 2x1gb DDR2

=

Worlds of performance difference

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Asrock sells a motherboard + 3Ghz Core2Duo combo for less than $200.

[TheZohan]

they do make a 478 to 775 converter

http://blogofwishes.com/pc-peripherals/motherboard-cpu-socket-775-to-478-cpu-adapter/

but they dont make a 775 to 478 converter .. which after reading again is what you want

[Skuzzy]

From the picture, it was not clear, but if the adapter does not have an external power connector, then I wold not use it.

One of the main reasons the pin count increased dramatically with the LGA775 is power and ground pin increases.  The 478 pin socket on the motherboard cannot carry all the power and ground of the LGA775 without risking potential damage to the capacitors on the motherboard which help filter the power to the CPU.

[TheZohan]

i didnt see one either.. but you can get cheap 775 chips that will run circles around the 478  chip you have. 

the celeron 775's start at 22.00
and the P4 775's start at 44.00

http://www.pricewatch.com

[trax1]

Thanks guys, I think I am going to just buy a new processor & motherboard, this way like some of you have said, I can just buy a cheap CPU and later when I have the money buy a better one.

Actually if someone thats knows more about this stuff then me could look for a good motherboard CPU combo for under $130 I'd really appreciate it.

[Denholm]

Check your other thread.

[TheZohan]

AMD X2 4400+  39.50 + free shipping
AM2+ Motherboard MSI K9N6PGM2-V AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard 49.99
2GB's DDR2 Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory 19.99
CPU fan COOLER MASTER DK8-9GD4A-0L-GP 95mm CPU Cooler

125.00 + shipping

the AM2+ board has great upgrade potential to the Phenom II's
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1472&maincat_no=1