Is Celeron compatible? 1

[eponymous]

Planning to upgrade cpu on Gigabyte GA-6WMM7

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=1507

and wish to double-check compatability of Celeron SL64V
1400/256/100/1.5

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron/Intel-Celeron 1400 - RK80530RY017256 (BX80530F1400256).html

1) Is this the same as the CPU listed above as P3-Celeron 1.4G?
2) Notice previous Pentium had core voltage of 1.7 - is 1.5 likely to create problems?
3) Could there be any stepping issues (newbie and not really clear on what stepping means and if also potential compatability issues)?
4) Is there anything else to be aware of if switching to Celeron?

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Many thanks,
Eponymous

 

[ski]

You'll be ok with that Celeron CPU.
There are 3 different Intel core designs and voltages for your MB's socket 370 - Tualatin(1.45-1.50 V), Coppermine(1.75 V), and Mendocino(2.00 V). The 1.4 GHz Celeron has a Tualatin core, and runs at 1.50 V.
Depending on which model your previous Pentium was, the Celeron may be a slower performer because it's internal cache may be either smaller or non-existant.

 

[eponymous]

Ski,

Thank you very much that's most helpful.

Regards,
Eponymous

 

[ski]

You're welcome. Good luck with the upgrade.

 

[ceh4702]

The Cache size on Celeron Tulatin Core is 256Meg. I have a 1.2gig Tulatin Core Celeron at home and it runs great. It has outlasted all my AMD XP Junky Processors.

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