Look for some Help!

[Bob the Baldy]

I want to upgrade from Pentium 4 2.66 GHz to Pentium 4 3.4 GHz. I don't have much knowledge with PC's and looking for some help.

Here are some of my PC details:

[ BIOS ]

    BIOS Properties:
      Vendor                                            Phoenix/Award Technologies, LTD
      Version                                           6.00 PG
      Release Date                                      03/04/2004
      Size                                              256 KB
      Boot Devices                                      Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
      Capabilities                                      Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
      Supported Standards                               DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
      Expansion Capabilities                            ISA, PCI, AGP, USB

  [ System ]

    System Properties:
      Manufacturer                                      AOpen
      Product                                           MX46-800N
      Serial Number                                     12
      Wake-Up Type                                      Power Switch

  [ Motherboard ]

    Motherboard Properties:
      Manufacturer                                      AOpen
      Product                                           MX46-800N
      Version                                           9189u10007
      Serial Number                                     i0400175lf73

  [ Chassis ]

    Chassis Properties:
      Chassis Type                                      Desktop Case

  [ Memory Controller ]

    Memory Controller Properties:
      Error Detection Method                            None
      Error Correction                                  None
      Supported Memory Interleave                       1-Way
      Current Memory Interleave                         1-Way
      Supported Memory Types                            DIMM, SDRAM
      Supported Memory Voltages                         3.3V
      Maximum Memory Module Size                        1024 MB
      Memory Slots                                      2

  [ Processors / Intel Pentium(R) 4 ]

    Processor Properties:
      Manufacturer                                      Intel
      Version                                           Intel Pentium(R) 4
      External Clock                                    140 MHz
      Current Clock                                     2800 MHz
      Type                                              Central Processor
      Status                                            Enabled
      Upgrade                                           ZIF
      Socket Designation                                Socket 478

With these details, I would Appreciate it very much if someone can tell me if my PC would take this Processor:

Pentium 4 3.4 GHz Socket 478 3.40GHZ/1M/800 SL7E6

[U]General information[/U]
Type 	CPU / Microprocessor
Family 	Intel Pentium 4
Part number 	BX80546PG3400E
RK80546PG0961M
Processor markings 	3.40GHZ/1M/800
Frequency (GHz) 	3.4
Bus speed (MHz)  	800
Clock multiplier  	17
Package type 	478-pin FC-mPGA4
Socket type 	Socket 478 (mPGA478B)
 
Architecture / Microarchitecture / Other
CPUID 	0F34h
Core stepping 	D0
Next stepping 	Q59U
Processor core 	Prescott
Manufacturing technology (micron) 	0.09
L2 cache size (KB)  	1024
Features 	Hyper-Threading technology
Core voltage (V) 	1.25 - 1.4
Case temperature (°C) 	73.2
Hyper-Threading 	Y

Thank you for your Help!

 

[GibsonSGKing]

It's really not a big upgrade at all, and it's quite outdated. You would be better just investing in a new system.

 

[foothead]

It's really not a big upgrade at all, and it's quite outdated. You would be better just investing in a new system.

Probably a new mobo+cpu would be all it would take.

BTW, what are you using this computer for?

 

[Cabbs]

As long as he's on DDR2 he could get a pretty big boost for not a lot of money, depending on what he's doing.

 

[Bob the Baldy]

Thank you for the replies, I appreciate them very much!

At the moment I am using this computer for basic home use; (browsing internet, facebook, myspace etc). Although I would like to update for * Cough! PC gaming!!!. I only have a £250 budget, any suggested would again be much appreciated!

 

[foothead]

I would get a cheap am2+ board, an athlon ii 620, and something like a HD 4850.

I do not know anywhere in England with reasonable prices, so I suggest checking eBay first.

Edit: you also need some DDR2. Check what all that will cost, and we can make adjustments if necessary.

 

[Remeniz]

I want to upgrade from Pentium 4 2.66 GHz to Pentium 4 3.4 GHz. I don't have much knowledge with PC's and looking for some help.

As long as you have access to the BUS/RAM speeds in the BIOS you'll be ok to go with it. They work on different bus speeds. Here's a few pointers though...

The 3.4Ghz CPU has a max TDP of 103W compared to 67W for the 2.66Ghz model so you will need a better CPU cooler.

But you should see the benefits, the 3.4 has hyperthreading (2 virtual cores) and comes with 1MB L2 cache, double the cache size of the 2.66.

Thank you for the replies, I appreciate them very much!

At the moment I am using this computer for basic home use; (browsing internet, facebook, myspace etc). Although I would like to update for * Cough! PC gaming!!!. I only have a £250 budget, any suggested would again be much appreciated!

You can get some Mobo,CPU and RAM deals but these rely on on-board GPU's for graphics.