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    Is it possible to upgrade to a duo core from a Pentium 4?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by biada, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. biada

    biada Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Pentium 4 3.4ghz CPU, would it be possible to upgrade to a duo core cpu?
     
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    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    no, it's not.
     
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    nope, sorry
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not in a laptop.
     
    Greg, Apr 11, 2008
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    biada Notebook Consultant

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    It's actually for a desktop. but the answer is still no?
     
    biada, Apr 11, 2008
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    depends on the chipset you have, and the socket type as well. What motherboard specifically are you using?
     
    goofball, Apr 11, 2008
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Sorry no. You will have to change everything in your desktop, it'll almost be like buying a new one. Which includes motherboard, cpu, ram, videocard, powersupply, and hard drive(to SATA, although IDE will work but it'll be very slow).
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Actually, I'm not sure about that D3X. The motherboard has all the interfaces, so if it can interface with a C2D then it would probably work.

    Granted, I doubt a P4 motherboard could make that work...but you still might as well give us a mobo model number.
     
    Greg, Apr 11, 2008
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Well the thing is, the C2D is LGA775 and would physically fit into a Pentium 4 motherboard, but that doesn't mean it will work, it depends on the chipset (the only exception is 975 which some boards will support C2D). It totally depends on which revision of the Pentium 4 the OP has, whether it's LGA775 or socket 478.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Biada, check what socket, your CPU is.
    If its a socket 478 processor, than the 3.4 you have in there is the fastest processor your system can run.
    If its a socket 775, than you can upgrade to a Pentium D, or maybe even a low end core 2 duo.
    You must tell us, what motherboard/chipset you have, so we can determine what cpu you can possibly upgrade to.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 11, 2008
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  11. biada

    biada Notebook Consultant

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    CPU is a 550J LGA775

    Not sure what motherboard I have. Its off a Sony VGC-RA830G Desktop.

    Model# 1-761-939-21
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Well, your system has an Intel 915P chipset.

    Knowing this, we can find out what is the fastest cpu your board supports.

    Well, after some research, your board can only take pentium based processors, which means that the fastest processors you can upgrade to, are the 3.8Ghz p4, the 3.46, or 3.73Ghz Extreme edition processors.

    The 3.8Ghz processor will not be much of an upgrade, but an upgrade to an extreme will be pretty fast.
    However, the extremes are expensive, and hard to come by.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 11, 2008
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    which are basically all a waste of money to upgrade to
     
    e6600, Apr 12, 2008
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    biada Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, I just took a look inside and saw all these metal cooling pipes. I'm just going to leave it alone. You know what they say. "If it isn't broken, don't fix it".
     
    biada, Apr 12, 2008
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    If they say that, then their liars.
     
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    biada Notebook Consultant

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    Ok here is all the info:

    CPU
    Intel Pentium 4 550 - Prescott 3.4ghz
    Socket 775 LGA

    MainBoard

    AsusTek Computer INC
    PTGD2-VX
     
    biada, Apr 13, 2008
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    As K-Tron said, an Intel 915 chipset does not support the Core 2 cpus (and the PTGD2-VX you listed is a 915 board).
     
    R4000, Apr 13, 2008
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    Yep, if you were to upgrade to C2D you will need to upgrade the motherboard, processor, and memory like I was saying from before. Not sure about the video card whether it's onboard or not, but you could replace it with an integrated video built-in on the motherboard but don't expect it to be a great performer for games so I don't see a point in upgrading if all you're doing is surfing and desktop applications unless you drop in a dedicated Nvidia or ATi solution (3850, 8600, 8800 etc)
    Just to dig a little further but why are you thinking of upgrading the desktop anyway?

    This thread should be moved to the Desktop Hardware section.
     
    D3X, Apr 13, 2008
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