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On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 20:54 -0700, Grant wrote: |
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> I've got a Celeron 700 Dell desktop and I'd like to upgrade the CPU if |
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> I can. What type of CPU should I look for? How can I tell what will |
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> be compatible? |
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from memory that would be either a slot 1 or socket 370. The slot 1 |
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looks like a rectangular riser board, with the CPU soldered on it. |
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Quite often they had a heat-sink (usually a big one) and no fan. |
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The socket 370 is a square CPU that usually just plugs onto the |
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motherboard as usual. |
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Either way, you probably want to go for a Pentium III. Unfortunately, |
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Dell do their best to make sure you can't update your hardware with |
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standard non-Dell parts :o, and since I've only ever done this to a |
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non-Dell PC, YMMV! |
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There is a small chance it's a Pentium-4 based Celeron, but I think they |
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started at the mid 1.x GHz - someone else can correct me here. |
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The Celeron 700 was a 66MHz FSB, at a 10.5 multiplier[1], so if your |
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board can do 133MHz, I think you can get a 1.3GHz PIII... not sure. |
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Depending on your board, frequency multiplier, etc, it may only take up |
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to a 933MHz CPU, or if it supports Tualatin it may go above 1 GHz (but |
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not by all that much). More info needed here - look in your bios or |
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provide us with the dell model number. |
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Given that it's an older board, I'd go for the fastest CPU you can get, |
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which is hopefully a Pentium III 133MHz FSB. Given that the Pentium III |
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600 outperformed the Celeron 700[2], I'd say a nice PIII 933 would make |
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a marked improvement!! |
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If it doesn't support Tualatin, you can get a used working 933/133 |
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Socket 370 for about AU$25 off ebay. |
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You can get a used working Slot 1, PIII 933/133 for about AU$35 |
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depending on availability at the time. |
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I don't know the Tualatin prices, because I never looked for one! (my |
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old boards don't support it)... |
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Anyway, you will have to go to ebay or something like that, cause I |
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don't know if anyone stocks them, unless you find a good 2nd hand |
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computer store. |
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> Also, how can I tell what kind of memory would be compatible? |
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again, more info needed. Have a look in your bios and see what it says |
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about your memory. If it was a desktop Dell, it's probably standard |
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SDRAM, 100 or 133 MHz. Don't know if you can buy this stuff new anymore |
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- may have to go to ebay again. |
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microprocessors |
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[2] http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1264&p=6 |
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HTH, and is accurate! |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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