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phen0m
10-18-2008, 03:24 PM
I've been searching for processors and I've came across pentium 4.
Is this really old? Or really bad quality? Because, I've saw them on sale for $1.00 at places like ebay.
nevermind1534
10-18-2008, 08:21 PM
They are old single core processors. They accomplished much less per clock than even the Pentium !!!. They will fit into a socket 775 board, though, if you want to get one now, then something nicer later. I have a P4, and I'm kicking myself now. I only purchased it about a year ago. I could have got a Pentium D running at the same speed for $10 more. If you have the money, go with the core architecture.
phen0m
10-18-2008, 08:52 PM
Really?
I have saw them at like 3.0GHz.
If I have a celeron 800MHz processor in my win98 machine, would I be doing good to upgrade to a pentium 4?
nevermind1534
10-18-2008, 10:00 PM
Pentiums have a larger cache than celerons. It would be better, and the hyper-threading of the new ones also helps. a 3GHz P4 would be better than an 800MHzP3. It's when there's not a lot of difference in clock speed, that it's not worth it. You will also get pci express with the newer motherboards. I believe that socket 775 intel motherboards are the oldest (for intel) that will take PCIe vid cards.
phen0m
10-18-2008, 11:41 PM
Will it fit my mobo?
J-Roc
10-19-2008, 07:39 AM
Pentium 4's came in both Socket 487 & 775. Both limited to 3.0Ghz and 800Mhz FSB Stock settings.
nevermind1534
10-19-2008, 11:36 AM
They did both go up to 3.8GHz, but anything above 3GHz for socket 478, or above 3.4GHz for 775 are rare, and still go for a lot of money on ebay.
FuzzyPlushroom
10-19-2008, 06:25 PM
Some of the later ones have hyper-threading (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading) and even (for certain LGA775 models) 64-bit capability. They're not great CPUs, but if you can find a socket 775 model for almost nothing and get a new board so you can update to a C2D or C2Q later, they're a great deal. (I've got a 3.2/64bit/775 in my backup machine.)
nevermind1534
10-19-2008, 06:30 PM
If you're talking about the motherboard with the 800MHz celeron, you can't upgrade that to a P4. The best that you could do for that motherboard would be would be a 1.4 GHz P3 Tualatin with the adapter that I gave you a link to earlier.
phen0m
10-25-2008, 07:44 PM
Oh okay. Thanks.