Also, would it help to wait until the Core Duo processors come out? Doesn't the price of Pentiums expect to decrease due to the newly manufactured processor? What would you experts recommend?

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Would this ebay product work? http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-PENTIUM-4-2-6ghz-processor-478pin-512MB-400fsb_W0QQitemZ160005898619QQihZ006QQcategoryZ14293QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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does it look like this? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07540

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No it's not going to work if your motherboard isn't deisigned for 533 FSB processors then it will not work. Some Intel motherboard can handle mutil FSB speeds, but it seems like yours doesn't or else it would have FSB 533/400. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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If you are going to upgrade to a 2.8Ghz 400Mhz FSB CPU, that is going to cost you in the 100 range. Now if your system does not have an AGP slot, the best you can get is Geforce FX5500 128bit memory. That is going to cost you about $50-70... However, if your system do have an AGP slot, geforce 6600gt or x800gto will be a good choice for the 2.8Ghz CPU, that is going to cost u in the $100-$150 range. Now if you are planning to upgrade 2.8Ghz + 6600gt/x800gto AGP, you may also want to consider a better power supply, which runs about $50 for a good one... If you add those up, you get... 2.8ghz + fx5500 pci = ~$150-170 2.8ghz + 6600gt/x800gto + $50 psu = ~$300-$320 My suggestion would be if you do upgrade, try to stay below $100 range like maybe a 2.6ghz 400fsb p4 + radeon 9600xt if you do have AGP or get a cheap fx5500 128bit. Because if you do planning to choose 6600gt/x800gto + 2.8ghz CPU + $50 psu = 300 range, I would rather start a PCI-E path rather than sticking with dead agp... TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE P4 506 @ 4200Mhz 1.45v Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 1700RPM 92MM + AS5 1GB Corsair 2-3-3-5 DDR400 120GB/300GB 7200RPM HD MSI 6600GT AGP 550/1150

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Well ATI just came out with a PCI version of the X1300. So he can always upgrade to that. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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Thanks guys - so you are saying that I could actually upgrade to a 2.6ghz 400fsb p4 + radeon 9600xt? I found a 2.6ghz 400fsb p4 somewhere on the web. So I assume that if its not a 2.8 but instead a 2.6, that it will still be compatible with the motherboard as long as the FSB = 400mhz. Is that correct? I do plan on upgrading the video card but can I do that down the road fater upgrading the processor? Thanks

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Dude, go to the website I posted in response #9, scroll down the page a bit & look at the picture of the motherbaord...is it the same as yours? If so, it only has standard PCI slots...no AGP & no PCI-Express. That means your video card choices are severely limited. The best available were listed by Cobra...either the FX5500 PCI with 128-bit memory or the X1300 PCI (which I didn't even know exists). The Radeon 9600XT is available as an AGP card only.

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just to add, you have an aging system - don't invest too much in it....

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Just upgrade to the Pentium 4 Northwood core 2.6 or 2.8 400mhz FSB, zipzoomfly.com sells a 2.8ghz and throw in a PCI X1300 (PCI) version. This is the best you can do on your system. Yeah Jam, not too many people know about ATI coming out with a X1300 PCI version. It snuck under the radar, because ATI didn't want to spend hardly any money on advertisments to sell something that is not going to make a dent in the gaming world. This card was aimed at corp companies office computers. I stubbled acrossed by mistake last month on xbitlabs website. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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<<I would like to upgrade so that I can improve the overall performance of the machine. I am not looking for high graphics as I am not a gamer>> So what is not satisfactory? You may have other issues that can be resolved for free. That system is fine for word processing, internet, e-mail, etc. if configured correctly. Perhaps that is the real issue?

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look dude ur motherboard can accept only socket 478 and 400/533 mhz ok so go for 3 ghz prescott which comes with socket 478 just find on net and its 533 mhz compatible dont install graficz no use if u arent gamer

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I have the same machine and the fastest processor you can upgrade to is a 2.0 GHz. I have done tons of research on the matter considering I am a huge gamer. As for a video card I have a Radeon 9250 PCI that ran around $100. The best solution would be to upgrade your ram using any type of PCI2100 DDR. The more ram the machine has the less it will rely on the processor for running applications since the ram will hold much more information and can read from the ram quicker when needed. I put $200 into a $400 dollar machine and now it is comparable although not quite to a factory $1k machine.

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