What particular model should I get that I know will correspond with the Pentium 4 3.2ghz 512kb 800m FSB Northwood 478 P4 CPU? I'd rather have one fo the non proprietary models, so can you list a few that would work? You guys are a big help, keep the info coming.

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Your just better off building a new system. I wouldn't even bother what you are doing it's a waste of time and effort imo. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz 4GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 300gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0+1 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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Dude, you're not getting it. Do you even know what proprietary means? Chances are, you are NOT going to find a S478 motherboard that will fit in your old Dell case. The XPS T600 was introduced in 1999...a lot of changes have been made over the past 8 yrs. Not only are you gonna need a different case & motherboard, but you'll need DDR memory, a power supply & probably a video card too. And if you're still using the 1999 hard drive, there's not much point putting that into a newer system either. In other words, you're looking at a complete build, not just an upgrade to your old system.

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I live in the UK and the exchange rate is around 2$ to the 1GBP. These are examples for you to mull over: P3 Dell 450mhz £30.00 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Dimensio... AMD Athlon 2600+ (p4 2500 equivelent) £110.00 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMD-2600-MHz-... Upgrading you current PC would cost shed loads more and will be a Frankenstein PC.....

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Listen to the guys, I'm on a S478 rig and I've spent aroun £1200 on my system with upgrades. I'ts good but I could have built a beeter system from scratch at half the price. P4 3.20HT 800mhz FSB Abit IS7-E2 2x1024mb OCZ Value DDR400 Dual Channel 80GB Diamondmax9+ SATA 160GB Diamondmax10 SATA Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO 256mb Hiper Type R 530W PSU

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I understand what you all are saying but you're not answering with what I should do with the new Pentium 4 3.2ghz 512kb 800m FSB Northwood 478 P4 CPU I just bought and that's serving me no good. In your opinions, what make and model would be served well with this chip? I'VE GOTTEN THE POINT THAT THE DELL IS USELESS NOW! I just want to move forward with the CPU that I do have and build from there. Thanks.

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Sell the P4 CPU on EBAY it is out-of date, if you go INTEL you need Socket 775, AMD then AM2 socket. You could always cover the CPU in wax and make an ornament out of it as a tribute to the old adage "look before you leap" Yes the DELL is also good for selling on EBAY someone will want it.......

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Oh wells, hopefully someone stupid can help me turn that P4 CPU into a profit online (craigslist helps!). Thanks for all your help guys.

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You don't necessarily HAVE to sell the P4...it's definitely better than your P3. You just have to realize that your idea to use the Dell to build off of is a "dead horse". Like you've been told - if you want to use the P4, you'll need a different case, power supply, motherboard, RAM, video card, hard drive, etc...not to mention a copy of Windows. If you think you can round up all that stuff for cheap, by all means build yourself a S478 system. BTW, don't take anymore computing advice from the friend that told you a P4 will work in a P3 board...LOL

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No sh1t! lol...how much do you think I can turn a computer around for if I do get decent ram (at least 500MB), and a decent HDD (40+GB)? Thanks.

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if you are thrifty you could turn that into a system for 500 more dollars, it will take a lot of research to make sure everything is compatable. get an 80 gig hd for 50 bucks, find out if your mobo has onboard video and if not get a video card for 50-75 dollars. dont buy anything unless you know exactly what you need there are mony different types of ram and video cards out there and not all them are going to be compatable with you mobo and cpu "there was a big bang once, now we're learnin' to use our thumbs"

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