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Would this work? :(

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Well, I've got an old dell computer with an i845 intel motherboard with sdram. The processor's (1.6 Gigahertz) FSB is locked at 100 MHZ, and I'm assuming if you buy a processor with 133 Mhz FSB, it won't boot up or underclock it.

So I want to get the following processor :
http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/product_info/overview/index__cat_id--403,prod_id--6516326.html

Would this be a good upgrade? And would it even work?

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I concure, it would work just fine.
Although I would recommend upgrading your board as dropping money on that CPU is a waste in my opinion. You can get HT chips that are the same speed if not faster for about the same price range.
 
Think it'd be a good upgrade though? ^_^.

1.6 to 2.6, think I'd get more than 20 fps in doom 3 with a 9600XT? =D.

EDIT: Oh, and would it be a good idea to upgrade to 1024 MB SDRAM PC133?
 
It would be a good upgrade processor wise. But I would still upgrade the board. A Pentium 4 using SDRAM is quite frankly, castrated. They need memory bandwidth. Plus with rising SDRAM prices I think you should bite the bullet and get a DDR board of any kind. You'll get more flexible CPU support for even better chips than that 2.4 and you'll get the bennifit of DDR. Any flavor of DDR be it PC2100, PC2700 or even 3200 would make huge increases in performance alone.

With SDRAM you'll never reach your processors full potential, reguardless of the CPU you use. This is a design fact of Pentium 4's. They need memory bandwidth and alot of it.
 
But if I upgrade the motherboard, then I'll have to upgrade the case as it won't fit in the ugly dell case, and then I'll have to get more stuff... and that just all costs too much money...

I have probably a 150-220 dollar limit on this christmas. If you could find any motherboard, ram, processor, and case, that would fit in that limit, then I'd thank you =p.
 
they're all right on the ram. You'll NEVER see the full potential of ANY P4 with SDRAM.

Take some pics of your case and post them. I'm sure there are a TON of ways you can mod it to hold a standard ATX board. It's just if you want to put forth the time and effort required.

and if you have a 2.6ghz P4 (using ddr) and a 9600xt, yes, you can get more than 20fps on Doom3. As long as you don't go nutty with the settings. I ran D3 on 1024x768 HQ with rig1 in my sig. but I oc'd the shit out of it...and you can't with that Dell (unless you get a standard mb). And before anyone chimes in and says, "well, if you call xxfps playable"...who gives a rats ass. It was smooth enough (averaged around 40fps, low 20's in Hell...but I dropped to MQ for hell) that I was able to beat the game and that's all that matters to me.
 
It's just a normal dimension 4300 case. But I thought I real somewhere that it was a lot harder to change mobos with dell cases.
 
Actually you can't use the Dell case at all. I'll tell you why. Most Dell cases don't use a standard ATX form factor power supply. That and the Dell PSU has a different wiring scheme. It's not compatible with non-Dell motherboards and likewise a standard board would be fried if installed into a Dell with such a power supply in it.
 
Well, since this is the intel forum...

You can probably grab a celeronD for $60-$80 or a p4-2.4 for $125 or so.
Snag a cheap case for $40
snag 512 ram for $60 from outpost
Sng a free motherboard after rebate (or get free with processor)...i got one myself from newegg a while ago.

If you dont mind overclolcking a bit, I think the best bang for the buck is:
athlon xp-m ~ $80. This should hit 2300mhz easily
an35n-ultra -$50-$75
same ram price
same case price.
This should bench at p4-2.8-3.0'ish speeds


IMHO those are your $200-$250 options.
 
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