P4 UPGRADE CAPABILITY QUESTION

[gROD]

I have a 1.3ghz P4 on a Dell Dimension 8100 and I wanted to know if i am able to upgrade this to another P4 without upgrading the motherboard. Please post any help that you may have.

 

[bgeh]

no you can't.
the p4 1.3 uses the old socket 423 compared to socket 478 that the new p4's use now.
but you can get a socket adapter to change a socket 423 to 478

 

[gROD]

OK, and then how fast of a processor could I use with this socket adapter??

 

[magomago]

Find out the mobo in that and BAM your answer 🙂

1.3 Ghx P4? I thought they started making them at 1.4? Hrm, you learn something new everyday

 

[Wolfsraider]

you might go up to a 2.0 if you can find a 423pin processor(the new ones are 478 pins)
but you have to check what the bios supports or can be flashed to.

you can also get this to go higher if your bios can support the upgrade.

one note though i didn't check the companies reseller ratings so be careful this is just a possibility


hth


mike

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: gROD
OK, and then how fast of a processor could I use with this socket adapter??

i'm not sure, because it depends on the multipliers which are supported by your motherboard's BIOS.
if i am correct, the highest p4 with 100mhz fsb is the p4 2.6 ghz, but it is unlikely that it will support such a high multiplier