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Upgrading processor in Dell Dimension 4700

Trader05

Trader05

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hey guys, I was just upgrading my parent's Dell. im pretty much all good with everything except the processor. Currently its a 520 2.8 HT, i wanted to upgrade that a little bit, since mostly all HT processors are dirt cheap. I did some research on the motherboard on ebay and found out it takes 500 series processors. Anyone know if this board can accept a 600 series processor? Mainly for 64bit support and 2mb Cache
 
BIOS A06 says it added "support for new processors" but doesn't specify which ones. A03 also says it added newer CPU detection.

Dell still only shows it supporting the 500 series, but technically I think the chipset ought to support it. It won't properly work though without BIOS support.

64-bit support won't actually do anything unless you're running a 64-bit version of your OS, and even then it's only actually useful if you install over 4GB of memory. There's nothing else about the 64-bit features that affects anything. Extra cache probably also won't make much difference for your parents' likely usage.
 
Is 2.8 GHz really not fast enough for whatever your P&M are doing? It's a pretty speedy processor for anything but gaming.

I mean, maybe... but it seems like you've got a solution in search of a problem.
 
thanks for the info Evermore, just did some more research, the board can take 5x1 processors. The reason i wanted 64bit support is for when Vista comes out. I mainly use this machine for video encoding and minor gaming because my laptop sucks. My parents rarely use and if for anything internet.
 
By the time Vista comes out and is stable enough to actually want to use, you won't want to do anything on that machine anyway. 🙂
 
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