Pentium 4 Upgrade

SlowbieOne · 11-06-2001, 06:49 AM

I have a Dell P3 866.

I was wondering if I buy a P4 1.7Ghz or possibly 2.0Ghz, would I need to buy a new motherboard since it is a different Pentium?

Any help is appreciated.

nykel007 · 11-06-2001, 08:58 AM

I too was thinking of upgrading to a P4. I have a P3, but if you go to the Intel website they say that the P3 cannot be upgraded to a P4. They are two different types of systems.

Seryl Cann · 11-06-2001, 11:46 AM

If I were you I'd go for the AMD Athlon 1900+. It's 1.6Ghz, but in most tests it blows the P4 2Ghz out of the water, even in Q3 (which was optimized for the P3). It's also cheaper than the P4.

SlowbieOne · 11-06-2001, 03:45 PM

I wanted to get a P4 because I didn't want to have to get a new motherboard too.

But it looks like either way, I'll need one.

I just read the review of the new Athlon XP, and it is supposed to be better than the P4, so looks like ill be heading in that direction.

OnlyOneCanoli · 11-06-2001, 06:09 PM

Yeah, I would definitely go with AMD right now or wait until Intel unleashes its Northwoods to see if they're any good.

CaptainRAVE · 11-06-2001, 06:14 PM

You will definatly need a new motherboard. The Pentium 4's are socket 423 which is totally different to the P3. You will probably need to buy a new tower, and different ram.

I would advise buying an Athlon chip as they are much cheaper and much much faster. Dont let the clock speeds fool you. A 1.4Ghz Atlon is just as good as a 1.7Ghz P4. This is because it can handle many more instruction sets. It is also more stable.

Red_XIIII · 11-06-2001, 07:46 PM

Stay away from the P4, waste of money, for performance it gives go for an Athlon XP, even the XP 1500+ (1.33ghz) or the athlon Tbird 1.4ghz has scores on some things that beat da P4 2ghz and bout Q3 optimzed for P3, its not really its jus SSE, and thats been rectfied long ago the point release patches, but even if u believe it aint, da Athlon XP has SSE support now. ah and ta c why the P4 does suck, go here http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm
if u just have to waste money, i'd wait for the new Northwood core of da P4.

CaptainRAVE · 11-07-2001, 04:14 PM

Take a look here for a good comparrison

**acdcfanbill** · 11-07-2001, 06:02 PM

looks like these guys have set you strait, AMD is the way to go!!! just remimber not to take your cooling fan/heatsink off while your CPU is running...

11-07-2001, 06:36 PM

Open up the cover and get a box fan. ; )

CaptainRAVE · 11-07-2001, 06:49 PM

Put in 4 case fans like i did and an air conditioning card. I have 10 fans in total. My 1.4Ghz is at 13 degrees and my system temp is about 9 degrees

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***matt--*** · 11-07-2001, 07:02 PM

Rave...unless everything is liquid cooled, your not getting those temps. My guess is you have a fan blowing directly on the heat sensor.

CaptainRAVE · 11-08-2001, 04:15 PM

My friend who has a 1Ghz Athlon has 4 fans on his chip and its at 9 degrees. I have 10 fans and an air conditioning card which works really well. Only problem is that it cools my room down too much.

Has anyone got a link to a site that has in depth information about super conductors?? They fascinate me

Darth Simpson · 11-08-2001, 06:47 PM

Rave, does your PC sound like an F-16 taking off?

cossack1812 · 11-09-2001, 06:29 AM

LOL
I have a celeron 525 and this annoying thing makes a helluva lotta noise in winter when i turn it on, and goes for about an hour