i've inherited a pc and it has a 1.8ghz p4 cpu in it. im gonna make the pc into a media machine to connect to the tv using windows xp and media portal. it runs ok with the 1.8ghz cpu but i was wondering how upgradeable these are? i've had the pc in bits and the socket says 478 and the processor says 1.8A GHZ/512/400/1.5V on it so im assuming its a 400mhz fsb with 512k of onboard cache... am i limited to just 400mhz fsb or can i go for a p4 with 533mhz fsb as these seem to go higher in the ghz range and they also appear to be a bit cheaper. im looking on the worlds most popular auction site, obviously i dont expect links, just want to know what spec i can go for. cheers.
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I would think you need to find out what motherboard (Everest Home) is installed in it, and what CPUs it will support, also check if there is a BIOS update that might increase CPU support, before you actually buy anything.
I would think you need to find out what motherboard (Everest Home) is installed in it, and what CPUs it will support, also check if there is a BIOS update that might increase CPU support, before you actually buy anything.
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Interested in overclocking? My 1.8A did 2.4Ghz off the bat with no vcore increase many moons ago Though you would need a fairly decent mobo and RAM, gotta get the specs of those.
Though you would need a fairly decent mobo and RAM, gotta get the specs of those.its a *cough*dell*cough* so i suspect the possibilities of oc'ing are slim!
just actually looked at the hard drive and it turns out its a 5400rpm one so thats probably the main cause of the sluggishness. that will be being upgraded anyway (not much point in having a media pc with a 20gb drive in it!) so hopefully that will help.
thanks for the link to the everest thing though, i will give that a whirl when i get it hooked up.
just actually looked at the hard drive and it turns out its a 5400rpm one so thats probably the main cause of the sluggishness. that will be being upgraded anyway (not much point in having a media pc with a 20gb drive in it!) so hopefully that will help.
thanks for the link to the everest thing though, i will give that a whirl when i get it hooked up.
That's like an old Northwood P4.
They were great overclockers - I used to have a NW 2.4GHz which ran @ 3.2GHz on air with little extra voltage (1.5V instead of 1.45V), but not on a Dell!!
If you plan to upgrade the cpu, there should still be plenty around - you have a choice between the Northwood or Prescott cores - just make sure you get the socket 478 version if you go Prescott
They were great overclockers - I used to have a NW 2.4GHz which ran @ 3.2GHz on air with little extra voltage (1.5V instead of 1.45V), but not on a Dell!!
If you plan to upgrade the cpu, there should still be plenty around - you have a choice between the Northwood or Prescott cores - just make sure you get the socket 478 version if you go Prescott
I dont think it is even possible to overclock the CPU in a dell. I have tried on my Dimension 9100, and I dont think you even have the option in the BIOS... The Dell motherboards probably block it, becaue Dell dont like you doing anything to make their PCs better - they want you to buy a new dell or (roflmao) buy upgrade parts FROM DELL direct (as if )
Still, I will beat them, I WILL BEAT THEM! The rubbish Dell PSU has already been booted from my system infavour of a nice Coler Master one, and that piddly litle 6800 vanilla is soon to be evicted in favour of a Gainward BLISS "golden Sample" 8800 GTS
)Still, I will beat them, I WILL BEAT THEM! The rubbish Dell PSU has already been booted from my system infavour of a nice Coler Master one, and that piddly litle 6800 vanilla is soon to be evicted in favour of a Gainward BLISS "golden Sample" 8800 GTS
I brought an asrock mobo for a friend of mine and fit a P4 2.4Ghz socket 478 from a dell. The mobo was like £25+Del and allowed us to overclock it. In this case we just nudged it up to 2.8Hz. Stuck in a x4 Geil Value Pc3200 (Blue heatsinks) and a V9999GT 6800GT (A left over Graphics card). Used all the otherparts from the dell (HDD, DVD-ROM) and brought a (nasty) case for £19. Had to spend an extra £20 quid on fans but it runs like a dream.
Dell will most definately not allow you to overclock.Heres the link to the Asrock Web Site for the motherboard I used. Not a bad little board for the price, included raid
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Dell will most definately not allow you to overclock.Heres the link to the Asrock Web Site for the motherboard I used. Not a bad little board for the price, included raid
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i had a packard bell computer with a socket 478 2.2ghz celeron processor,they are buget pentium 4rs,so i upgraded my motherboard to a asrock pentium 4 socket 478 motherboard,this will allow you to overclock your 478 processor.i got a northwood p4 2.0 ghz even though it only registers as 1.9ghz,i got it to overclock to 2.4 and im not finished yet i had to upgrade the power supply from 270 watts to a 550watt psu ive got a geforce 5500fx 1gb of ddr 266 and im playing red orchestra online smooth with most of the settings turned up!i will probabley blow the whole thing up soon its my first home build rig and the bug has bitten me hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh the processor only cost me 20 quid from ebay!
oh the processor only cost me 20 quid from ebay!