I'm looking to upgrade my processor on PC. I'm currently running a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz 400Mhz Bus Speed and 512 Cache...

 

Is it possible to fit say a 2.8 Pentium 4 with a 533Mhz Bus Speed and 1M Cache or do the bus speed and Cache have to remain the same as what i've got already??? Many Thanks!

need to know what mobo you have, as in make & model number to see what it will take.

your best bet is to buy a "barebones" system. They are cheap (around £300) and will last you years

as above, you'll see a much better performance hike by getting a new system, p4's are old, use a lot of power and weren't really that good a chip, the new core 2 duo chips are actually based on the p3 architecture

 

but if you can give us your mobo make we should be able to tell you the fastest chip it can handle

p4's are old, use a lot of power and weren't really that good a chip

 

 

oy, be careful :slap::rofl: p4`s are not old. i run a p4 3.4 chip and its very very quick:tongue:. the dual core is only any good for multi-tasking, & if not used for that, only half the processor gets used.

sure they are, the original design is 8 years old now, and theres been no noteworthy releases for nearly 3 years, plus they are quite hot and use a lot of power.

 

dual core designs are not only good for multi threaded applications the actual redesign of the chip allows for more efficient processing so lower clock speeds can do more work on one cycle.

 

its not just about GHZ these days, I have one 2.8ghz 8 core system and one of those cores blows away a 3.4ghz p4.

 

Also the most major thing to consider when upgrading is your IO bottleneck, a harddrive is generally good for 3 years, after that I replace them as a matter of course, IDE/PATA drives especially start to degrade in performance after that time I find, if possible get a good SATA 2 drive and maybe more if you can afford and run in a raid 0/10 setup :)

As far as I can tell it's running the intel 845 Chipset and not the Intel 845E... Don't know if the Intel 845 Chipset will take a processor running 533MHz bus speed. The unit is basically a Compaq EVO W4000... Would love a new system but just wanna get a cheap faster processor off ebay for now so want the fastest I can get! Have already upgraded the memory from 256 to 1Gb PC2100u and got a dedicated NVIDA 256MB 6200GT Graphics card so maxing this as much as I can!!