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Anyone know anything about P4 socket adapters?

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Krk3561

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I have a P4 Williamete that's socket 423 and want to upgrade to a new P4 Northwood. Do the adapters on the market work well and are there any downsides to them? Is there any kind of performance hit? And is there any one adapter thats better than another? Thanks!
 
The only performance hit would be the FSB limitations of a socket 423 motherboard.

There are a couple comanies that make the adapters, but I would stick with Powerleap because they do the most compatibility research that is easy to find. However, if you have an intel mobo, you're pretty much screwed because I don't think the adapters work with them at all.
 
would that mean that i can purcase a socket adaptor for my p3 mobo to a 423?

That would be waay cool 😉
 
Just go to Powerleap.com and see what they have for your motherboard. They are guaranteed to work and people over at the Dell forums all seem to be quite happy with the results. However I really question the value of using an adaptor like that. Generally those adapters are $50+. If you just buy a new motherboard, then sell your old motherboard your net price is not much more than the adapter price. Plus you then have a newer motherboard with newer features, one that is actually designed to handle the new processor and its features (like hyperthreading), etc. I just don't see the point.

Example: there is a kit that will let a 423 pin motherboard use a 2.4 GHz P4 - it comes with adapter, 2.4 GHz P4, heat sink, and fan for $299. Then go look at pricewatch. A combo with 478 pin motherboard, 2.4 GHz P4, heat sink, and fan starts at $214. After selling your old motherboard and processor, it would be well over a hundred dollars cheaper to NOT get the adapter.

Edit: I read a few more recent posts on the adapter in the Dell forums (look under hardware upgrade) and I now see a few people complaining that they are having a hard time installing it (heat sink not properly attached/no idea what to do with the Artic Silver). All the other posts I've ever seen were positive though.
 
Is there anything that makes one adapter better than another? This one has a bracket that look like it will hold a Northwood heatsink and is a lot less than Powerleap's solution: <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.amamax.com/ecspencpusoc.html">ECS Pentium-4 CPU Socket 423 to Socket 478 Adapter.
</a> I have a Dell Dimension 8100 by the way.
 
The powerleap does voltage regulation functions. I'm not exactly sure if the ECS will do the same. Plus, powerleap guarantees compatibility with *every* board.
 
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