Hi:
I'm very new to this forum, please bear with me. My computer is a couple of years old. The motherboard has a 400fsb and Socket 478. I am running a P4 1.8 processor and 512M of RAM. I want to extend the life of the system for a couple more years. I don't use it for gaming, only office work and net surfing. It seems that the only compatible CPU upgrade is a Celeron 2.8 400FSB S478. I have looked through the forum and archives and have seen similar posts, but not quite on this topic. I have determined that most people think Celerons are "crap". But, for my purpose, will this upgrade produce a significant performance increase. I will probably double the RAM as well. This is intended to be a lower cost upgrade than buying a completely new system. I am just finding that it seems a little slow. I have also tweaked XP and local services to where I want them.
Thanks in advance,
I'm very new to this forum, please bear with me. My computer is a couple of years old. The motherboard has a 400fsb and Socket 478. I am running a P4 1.8 processor and 512M of RAM. I want to extend the life of the system for a couple more years. I don't use it for gaming, only office work and net surfing. It seems that the only compatible CPU upgrade is a Celeron 2.8 400FSB S478. I have looked through the forum and archives and have seen similar posts, but not quite on this topic. I have determined that most people think Celerons are "crap". But, for my purpose, will this upgrade produce a significant performance increase. I will probably double the RAM as well. This is intended to be a lower cost upgrade than buying a completely new system. I am just finding that it seems a little slow. I have also tweaked XP and local services to where I want them.
Thanks in advance,