CPU Comatibility

[mshabsovich]

Hi i have a this motherboard http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7ZXE.htm and i found i nice AMD athlon XP processor. my question is weather it is, or not compatible with my motherboard. the processor is socket t462. my other question is weather or not i have to put that white stuff on to the processor before i install it.

 

[Jack Horner]

It depends on the speed of the processor, and if there is no thermal compound or pad on the heatsink, then you will have to apply some.