Re: GX240 / GX 260 questions

"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:QUOQe.67123$Yx1.32917@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"S.Lewis" <stew1960@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:LrOQe.16124$N1.9531@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message news:43138459.15211532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Tom,

Off the top of my head, I know that both systems have Socket 478s. The rest I
would have to research out. If the GX240 uses PC133 SDRAM, it is restricted to
400MHz FSB. I think that the fastest 400MHz P4 is 2.2GHz or so, and the fastest
Celery is either 2.7 or 2.8GHz... Ben Myers


GX240:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx240/en/ug/specs.htm#1106346

Fastest P4 will probably be the 2.6/400mhz. Or, as Ben said, the Celery 2.8/400mhz.

GX260:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx260/en/ug/specs.htm#1110653

Looks like the equivalent to the Dim4400; meaning 400mhz FSB only - no 533mhz like the Dim4550. Same CPU specs would probably hold true. Natively uses PC2100 DDR, but can also use PC2700 at slower speeds.

Beware pricing of PC133 SDRAM.....
Stew

The specs say 400/533 for the bus for the GX260, which led me to use the 4550 comparison.

Tom


Since both systems use the 845 chipset their abilities should be
similar and perhaps the info available here might be of help in
selecting a new cpu.
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-009236.htm

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