What CPU?

[typk]

Hi guys im intrested in upgrading my computer as much as i can without the need to change my motherboard. I know my motherboard takes Intel socket 478 mPGA.Thats what CPU-Z told me.
I want to know the best processor for that socket.
Please help me.
thanks.

Here is a link to my motherboard info:
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=spec_palomarpe&psn=029744320241

 

[steve258]

It's a 865PE chipset so it will support all skt478 P4s and celerons in existence.

Best bet is to grab a 2nd hand P4 3Ghz 800FSB HT either Northwood or Prescott. The top of the class skt478 CPU is the 3.4Ghz but it's quite expensive.

What CPU do you currently have??

Also you may need new RAM as well.

 

[Justintime]

Vote for a Northwood cpu, Prescotts are just space heaters with lower clock for clock performance than a Northwood, it'll put higher strain on your mosfets etc.. run hotter, be louder and perform worse. Plus many boards don't have the proper power circuits for proper long term Prescott operation and thus may burn up or be unstable, and BIOS support may also be an issue with some boards, Northwood cpus don't have as many issues While the chipset may support it, the board hardware around it might not like it.

 

[typk]

Right now i have a Intel Pentium 4 2.60 GHz northwood.
Can you post some links to where i could get a better 3.0 GHz or more for my motherboard? thanks

 

[mk17]

For very little investment ASRock provide a mobo which will run DDR/DDR2 and let you keep (I think) most of your legacy components while allowing you to host a C2D.
They don't cost very much but I don't know how long they'll be available - I'm pretty sure the window must be closing on people in transition. A work colleague recently upgraded through one of these and he seems happy enough.

 

[Justintime]

Dunno how much you know or are willing to overclock, but that 2.6 might well have a lot over 3GHz in it at stock volts, getting even the last of the best 478 cpus to replace it would not be much of an improvement and not worth it to be honest.

 

[steve258]

Right now i have a Intel Pentium 4 2.60 GHz northwood.
Can you post some links to where i could get a better 3.0 GHz or more for my motherboard? thanks

Can't post any linky me afraid - against forum rules. But if you go onto the biggest online auction site and search under the skt478 CPU section.

But I think your 2.6Ghz northwood has much left in it yet.

 

[Bolerus]

I had (well still have) a 2.8 northwood

I upgraded to a E6400 on the aforementioned arock dual motherboard.

If you get that motherboard, there are a few things to watch out for (its a bugger for not reading things correctly in auto modes)

it all depends what you want to do, and how much you want to pay as to what you need

if your 2.6 northwood, does every thing you need, dont spend yet, the conroe cpus are allegedly coming down in price in april, wait tillthen if you can.

or perhaps if that is the way you want to go, buy an asrock board now (or wait tilli sell mine lol) and put it in a cupboard till you get the cpu.

my plan is to buy some ddr2 when i have some fluid funds, then get a better board at some point later.

 

[Bolerus]

incidently, when i decided to upgrade, I did have a look at the usual online auction site, and the 3.2 northwoods were selling for £80 +

silly prices for an old cpu, you can get a E6300 for about 120 now, and like i said they are supposed to be coming down in april

 

[Pobman]

incidently, when i decided to upgrade, I did have a look at the usual online auction site, and the 3.2 northwoods were selling for £80 +

silly prices for an old cpu, you can get a E6300 for about 120 now, and like i said they are supposed to be coming down in april

They sell high because you just cant find them new and there is still a demand, why? Well take last Christmas I upgraded my nephews PC from a low low Celeron to a 2.8ghz northwood. Why 2.8? Well thats the fastest I could find new, and his machine did not take Prescotts. I thought about going for new MB and new CPU, which would have cost only a little more, the time needed to reinstall everything compared with just dropping in a new CPU made the old Northwood a winner, at least for now.