Help finding an old 479 P4

[Guardsmon]

Help finding an old 478 P4

HI, my flat mate wants me to upgrade his computer and has put me on a very tight budget of £80.
His current setup is 1.9Ghz P4 478 with 400Mhz FSB
Some old board - not sure what company, no markings anyway
1x 512mb DDR400 , 1x 256mb DDR400
9800pro 128mb Sapphire with zalman cooler
80GB maxtor hdd
350W casecom PSU.

He just put the 9800pro in as a replacement for his nvidia mx 2.
From what i can see his computer is getting bottlenecked by the cpu and the 400FSB. (if im wrong someone please tell me)
so my question goes out that does anyone know if you can get a 3.0Ghz or more p4 478 that is built for 400FSB? as i don't want to be spending on getting one thats designed for a 800FSB and it not running any faster than the current 1.9Ghz.
And does anyone know where i would be able to get my hands on one - except ebay. (i cant get to the for sale part of the forum)
Or would it be smarter to pay out and get a 939 board and cpu instead? only they are both fading out now.
thanks

 

[deadeyedic30]

Socket 479 is the CPU socket for the Intel Pentium M, a mobile processor, normally used in laptops. You have little chance if it is a 479 socket cpu. Sure it isn't a 478 ?

 

[Guardsmon]

sorry yeh; 478, been a while since i've played with any of them

 

[oweneades]

The highest speed P4 with a FSB of 400mhz was 2.4ghz. (This is a northwood 'A')

If the motherboard can only accept 400mhz fsb cpus then this is the maximum chip the board can handle (@ stock)

 

[Guardsmon]

thanks, so you think its worth getting a 2nd hand 478 board or going for a 939? baring in mind it has to be agp, and im going to have to get a new cpu aswell, budget low.

 

[marc2003]

try and pick up an "Asrock 939Dual-SATA2". only 40squids or so, s939 and take agp or pci-ecards. ocuk are out of stock but i'm sure you can find by yourself.

and 939cpus are dirt cheap. just another 40-50squids or so. so 90 squids for a 939 upgrade is going to be money well spent. should offer a decent performance increase over that old p4 as well.

 

[steve258]

Or spend an extra £50 for an Asrock dual VSTA with an E4300. the mobo will take both PCI-E and AGP, as well as both DDR and DDR2!!

 

[Guardsmon]

my own asrock 939dual -sata2 blew up only last week, i was planning on selling that to him, till that happened. thanks for the help guys i think i'll follow instinks and get 939. have a good weekend all

 

[pastymuncher]

Another vote here for an Asrock dual VSTA with an E4300. Seems to make more sense and allows an upgrade path too.

I just went down a similar route for my son, except i got a cheap 775 P4 631 which he can change for a C2D when he can afford it. The Asrock seems to be well liked on here and has loads of upgrade potential.