CPU Upgrade?

[dolcevito]

Hi Everybody, my 1st time posting - I've got a Dell Dimension 4600 desktop, about 2 years old. It's running a 2.8 Pentium 4, 533 fsb. I'm doing music on it and would like to improve the performance a little. I've got a gig of ram, I'll bump up to 2.5gig for the big music files. My question is, would I see a good performance boost by upgrading my CPU? My machine says it'll take a P4 up to 3.4 and up to 800fsb.

If it is worth doing, are there any things I should know about which CPU to buy? On my specs it says I'm an 865pe or 865g chipset, does that present limitations I might not know about? Can I buy a Prescott or Northwood or are they different somehow? Are there any others that might work better for me?

Thanks, Timmy

 

[trOver]

your pretty much stuck with upgrading your dell. If money is not an issue, you could upgrade your cpu to a P4 w/ a higher clock frequency, and you will probably see some noticable differance. If you really want to boost your performance, i would reccomend getting a dual core cpu and keeping your ram, but getting a new cheap motherboard that supports dual core.