Switching Processors

[brock01]

Hey everyone got a few questions for you all

My sister got back from college, she wont be using her computer while she works all summer, she knows i like comps so she said i could use whatever from her comp during the summer

1.) Would I notice a speed increase, if so how drastice?

2.) Would it install into my comp, aka is it compatiable?

3.) When her comptuter would start up would it look differently, same with mine?

4.) Thanks TMN helpers

heres my comp stuff

Heres her processor

[richcornucopia]

If your using stock motherboards be careful before swapping cpu's even if they are the same socket. As far as performance goes, you should notice your computer is a bit faster with 3ghz vs 2.6ghz. Research and make sure everything is compatable, then if it is make the swap.

[brock01]

im not sure if it is compatiable, thats why i came here

[richcornucopia]

Gotcha. So what are you working with? Both stock pc's? Are you planning to just switch cpu's or bring the whole motherboard along with it?

[brock01]

2 dells, just switch the cpus

mines a 4600

her's is a 3000

[resopalrabotnick]

your sis doesn't know much about comps, does she? "go ahead and pull parts from my box, just put them back later..." :haha:

[php]

Another thing to note is her processor will run quite a bit hotter than yours...

[brock01]

ya she dont know to much bout em, she knows I like em though, its the thought that counts (cheesy)

so you guys saying its compatible

[dlewis23]

ya she dont know to much bout em, she knows I like em though, its the thought that counts (cheesy)

so you guys saying its compatible

brock01 there is a 85% chance that it will not work. because your processor is a northwood core and hers is a Prescott. your chip set in your motherboard probally will not pick it up. also as php said her processor is going to run quite a bit hotter then yours, and the heatsink in your case might not be adequate to cool that processor.

as far as will you see a difference in speed. most likely not, its not that much of a speed increase to really see anything.

[resopalrabotnick]

suggestion. grab her box, shove your drive into it. done. and much easier.

[dlewis23]

suggestion. grab her box, shove your drive into it. done. and much easier.

1 problem with that he would have to reinstall windows unless he makes his drive a slave, and just uses her install of windows.

[resopalrabotnick]

nah, just perform a driveectomy on hers and stick his in. might have to reactivate windows, but so what.

[brock01]

i just want the processor, nothing else

when i would change them, would they work, would she see a difference (not perfomance wise) when she starts it up?

[dlewis23]

i just want the processor, nothing else

when i would change them, would they work, would she see a difference (not perfomance wise) when she starts it up?

like i said in my post before its probally not going to work because your processor is a northwood, and hers is a Prescott.

[brock01]

like i said in my post before its probally not going to work because your processor is a northwood, and hers is a Prescott.

so no one knows for sure?

i wanna hear some other people opinons to see if others know anything else

[Planatoid]

It'll work just fine.  Even if the bios doesn't recognize the core, it'll still run it just fine.  It is socket 478, the same as yours, which is about the only important thing.  If you need to, you can flash your bios, and that should have the newest Intel core support.

[dlewis23]

It'll work just fine.  Even if the bios doesn't recognize the core, it'll still run it just fine.  It is socket 478, the same as yours, which is about the only important thing.  If you need to, you can flash your bios, and that should have the newest Intel core support.

just because its a 478 socket doesn't mean that it will work, the chipset has to recognize the processor, if its a older 478 chipset then it will not work with a prescott processor.

[resopalrabotnick]

they are both dell boxes right? so call the dell tech support or email em and see what they say.

then again they might tell you to go ahead and swap em to have em both burn out to sell 2 new boxes if the warranty is gone...

[Swimmer]

Alright from a little research on ebay and the web this is what I came up with..

The Deminsion 4600

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Dell Part#: 2Y832 F4491

Socket: 478

Expansion Slots: 3 PCI, 4 Dual Channel DIMM

Chipset: Intel 865

Front Side Bus Speed: 400/533/800Mhz FSB

Supported CPUs: P4 1.7 Ghz-3.0GHz, 256/512K Cache Chips with 400/533/800MHz FSB Socket 478 Celeron 1.7GHz-3.0GHz Socket 478

Other Features: Hyper-Threading Technology Support

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Deminsion 3100

Dell Part Number 0JC474

2 Channels For 533 MHZ DDR Ram

LPGA775 Pin For the intel Processor

[Roco]

can I ask why do you whant to fr**g about with you sis. puter,

leave well alone it could cost a lot of grief , for what gain ????

sery,  little that I can see,  

[brock01]

hey swimmer so whats that mean, itd work or?

[Swimmer]

mean that you cant swap processors.. different socket types.. atleast from what I can see..

You might not see that much of a performance increase as roco pointed out..  It look like you could drop in a 3.0 northwood or processor on the 478 platform

[brock01]

ight thanks swimmer

im not gonna do it

[Planatoid]

It'll work just fine, my goodness.  And it is the same socket, look at the CPU-Z screenshots.

[Swimmer]

good point.. i didnt catch that..