e6600 e6750 - does fsb speed matter?

[sekinger]

I'm building a new machine and was going to use a e6600 but wonder if I can drop a e6750 into a 1066 mobo. I see that the e6750 is a bit faster for about the same money!!

I'm planning on using an Asus P5LD2 R2.0 - will the e6750 run in it? I know that board only supports 1066 fsb. Will the e6750 step down to that speed?

 

[PelicanPants]

I have a similar problem. I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (rev.1.0) that I bought last year and according to Gigabyte's website, only the rev.3.3 version of my board supports the 1333 FSB. So it looks like I'm going to have to spend more money on a slower processor (the e6600 instead of the e6750) unless someone can tell me my rev 1.0 board will support the new FSB.

 

[Track]

Niether of you can buy the awesome E6750. Only me.
You may still be able to buy the Q6600, but I'm not sure. And if you do, make sure it's got the G0 stepping, otherwise Don't even think about buying it!

 

[Hatman]

No, you CAN drop one of those prossessors into a motherbaord taht doesnt OFFICIALLY support 1333FSB, but aslong as it has the capability to run it, it will still work. Quad core will run fine on most motherboards.

 

[joewho]

No, but stepping does and all 6-50CPUS ARE GO STEPPING.

 

[bal3wolf]

Im looking at same thing i saw some people got the p5ld2 up to 1500mhz fsb cant see why it wouldn't run the e6750. but as usual asus slackin telling us if it will or not took them months to add other c2d chips to support list.

 

[erloas]

You would probably just have to OC the motherboard. Overclocking a 1066FSB motherboard to 1333FSB shouldn't be that hard, but it also means you are loosing a decent chunk of potential overclocking on the processor itself.

There might be issues with specific motherboards, but it should work. Though I haven't actually had the opportunity to try it.

 

[bal3wolf]

Ya i would be overclocking it anyway major worry is if it wouldnt post or somthing or not get past post.