Le_Murphant Posted December 6, 2007 CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade an old pentium 4 to a Pentium Dual-Core on an HP machine. I'd have to check the version of his processor to make sure that it's an 800 mhz FSB, but I was wondering if the fact that he has an oem board would be a problem to the upgrade/would limit it's performance gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted December 6, 2007 CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 E21x0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted December 6, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 E21x0? E2180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 7, 2007 CID Share Posted December 7, 2007 Check out this article on the E2160 and E2180. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/09/12/pentium_dual_core/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 7, 2007 CID Share Posted December 7, 2007 most likely it will not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted December 7, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 7, 2007 Check out this article on the E2160 and E2180. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/09/12/pentium_dual_core/ I know that it's a good overclocker but I doubt that the mobo can overclock anything. Note that I'm not trying to find if it's worth it, only if it is feasable, cause I could end up having a spare pentium dual core and nothing to do with it most likely it will not work What if I changed the mobo? Do you think that I could get a mobo that could fit in the system and overclock to decent speeds for under 50$? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 7, 2007 CID Share Posted December 7, 2007 What if I changed the mobo? Do you think that I could get a mobo that could fit in the system and overclock to decent speeds for under 50$? Nope. Your case is most likely a custom form factor and won't fit a standard motherboard. So that is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted December 7, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 7, 2007 so there's really nothing other than ram and GPU that you can upgrade on an oem machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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