Is It only a Intel CPU Compatible for my motherboard which Is a MSI N1996

jamesvtre on 14/10/2015 - 07:48

I'm looking to get a cpu on ebay or is a compatible cpu for this motherboard cheap in a computer shop.

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  • scrimshaw on 14/10/2015 - 07:55

    I think that's an LGA 775 motherboard. So it is a rather old Intel motherboard that takes in intel processors of the older era, probably before the Core 2 Duo series came out. But without a CPU compatibility list, it's hard to say what it will support as Socket 775 was used across a few different generations of processors, namely the Pentium 4, then the Pentium D and then Core 2 Duo series. Your mobo will only handle certain processors and very rarely, support the entire lineup of s775 CPU's.

    I may be completely wrong and you might even have a different socket (S478) so it pays to determine what model you actually have.

    N1996 is also not a MSI model number, but rather a supplier code.

    The model number can be read somewhere between the PCI ports. It should begin as 'MSI - XXXX' where XXXX is the model type.

  • jamesvtre on 14/10/2015 - 08:02

    ok the other thing i read on the motherboard is its a msi 740gtm-p25. I'm just looking to get this working again. It doesn't have to be particularly fast. s775 pentium is that the processor number i should be looking for.

  • jamesvtre on 14/10/2015 - 08:08

    Yes that it. ok so its not an intel motherboard and I should be looking for an amd cpu

      • jamesvtre on 14/10/2015 - 17:25

        Its not a project. I have 2 towers one has a CPU in it i think its an AMD CPU and another I now need to buy another CPU. I may want to sell one of them once fixed. I know which CPU I need for the other because its similar to the motherboard you mentioned. The issue here is both PC towers I can get it turn on but nothing shows up on the screen, not really sure what's the problem, hard disk, power, CPU, ram.

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