Dell Dimension 4400 and Northwood

[winston9t4]

I was wondering if the motherboard in the Dell Dimension 4400 can support a 478-pin Northwood P4 processor. I don't even know if it's a 478-pin socket for the CPU! If so, is there any clock speed limitation in the bios?

Thanks for any info.

Winston.

 

[Barrei]

Dont know but whatever you do don't get a dell, they are stable but have so few options in the bios its sad.:frown:

 

[PowerMacG5]

They should support the Northwood A core (not Northwood B). Yes it is an mPGA478 socket.

 

[winston9t4]

Thanks for the info. I did get the Dell deal when it was on for about $450 for a complete system without monitor. I figured it was cheap enough, so was worthwhile to replace one of my old computers.

You're right about the bios options - no way to easily overclock. That's why I wanted to see if there's an upgrade path a couple years down the road when those Northwood A 2.2 GHz processors are cheap!

Winston.