Hi, I received a PC at Christmas, along with some parts to upgrade it. I still have the old parts, and would like to sell. I have a motherboard, RAM and a CPU. I remember the CPU being an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme, OC to something, but I'm not 100% sure. The motherboard only has "Digital HOME PSW DH DELUXE" on it, and it's make by Asus. A quick Google brought this up. It doesn't look 100% the same (Almost like the middle left copper plating isn't there, it's all things sticking out of the motherboard), but I think I've got that bit right. The RAM is easy to identify, with "XMS2-8500" on it, identifying to it's model easily. Not comes the tricky part, the CPU. All I know if it was an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme OC'ed. The motherboard ties up with this, but I don't know any more. It has Zalman Quite CPU Cooling fan on it. If I remove this, is there any likely hod that I can identify the CPU? I don't want to have to move my PC around and reinstall the motherboard, just to see which CPU it is. As I'm hoping to sell this, I'd liek to have some more spec, anyone able to help? Also, if you have a rough idea about price I might get for this (In the UK), then please, do say! Thanks for any hlep, Joseph Duffy
Hi, If you take the heat sink off of the processor and clean off the thermal paste, there should be writing on it that can help identify it. It may come right out and say what it is or there could be a serial number or an SL number. Once you have that, you can google something like CPU SLXXXX and you should be able to find what it is. The same goes for the system board, it should have some kind of name/serial number that you can do a search for, also once you find out what the processor is, you can enter the socket type in your search as well to try and narrow it down. Once you figure out what they are, you can look at how much they still sell for new and go from there for pricing.
Thanks for the reply. I've discovered it's the Zalman CNPS8700 LED Cpu Cooler, which is known as being hard to get on, and I can't find how to remove it. I know it supports the 775 Socket, as does the Asus P5W DH Deluxe, so it's 99% a 775 Socket CPU. Now can't realistically remove the CPU Cooler, can you offer any advice? Should I just state the info I know, and that it's an OC'ed Core 2 Duo Extreme? I'm hoping to get an OK price for this, so I don't want something small like this to force me to lower the price When I Google Core 2 Duo Extreme 775 Socket, I only get one results for Intels site, but different versions from others, I'm really lost, considering I never really used the PC! EDIT: Going by Wikipedia, there's only 1 Core 2 Duo Extreme released, so maybe that's it?
Hi, Without taking off the cooler, the only other way of being sure what kind of processor you have would be to hook it up in a computer and running a part identification software on it. I know there are a few different ones out there, one I used to use was called Belarc but not sure if they are still around. I would think that you could get more money from selling the parts if you can provide what it actually is, most people do not want to invest in an unknown product. If you do a search on google for Zalman CNPS8700 LED Cpu Cooler installation instructions, it will show you how it was installed, and you can follow the steps in reverse to take the cooler off. Usually with a cooler its a couple of bolts and maybe a few clips and really is not too hard. Once you take off the cooler, you should then be able to find the numbers on the processor to look up what its specific model/type is
Hello, thank for the reply. I have looked up how to remove this, and most people say it's a real b*tch to install or remove, including the person who originally put this on the PC. For no,w I'll do what I can to not remove it. However, I am interested in this software you speak of. Would I need to install this into a full PC, or just connect it somehow to an already functioning PC? With all my research, I don't think I can find any models other than the Core 2 Extreme X6800. I may be wrong, but hopefully I'll have figured out what parts these are
Hi, Belarc is the name of one software, and another one is called CPU-z. As far as I know, you would install them into a working computer, I do not think you can install them to a live distro CD. If you wanted to scan the cpu and systemboard, you would need to have them installed in a computer with a working copy of windows running on it. Once it is running, you can run either software and they should be able to tell you what you have in your system.
Yeh, I've used CPU-Z before, so I might end up having to salvage some parts to put this thing together. Thanks for the messages!
