whats my max cpu?

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Name: protohunter
Date: April 6, 2008 at 02:19:35 Pacific
Subject: whats my max cpu?
OS: ME
CPU/Ram: P4 1.3GHz/256mb Rambus
Model/Manufacturer: Gateway e-4600

Comment:

can somebody tell me what my max cpu is?
I heard that to run northwood p4s you need the "i850E" chipset but this one is only the vanilla i850. does that mean i'm stuck with willamettes? If so whats the fastest willamette p4 intel made?

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Response Number 1

Name: Bakers
Date: April 6, 2008 at 06:06:46 Pacific
Subject: whats my max cpu?

Reply: (edit)

http://support.gateway.com/s/manual...

"Intel Pentium 4 (1300 MHz - 2000 MHz)" 100fsb Socket 423
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket...

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Response Number 2

Name: Sandor (by prdsknoll)
Date: April 7, 2008 at 07:47:38 Pacific
Subject: whats my max cpu?

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While I am in no way recommending this, you should be aware that there are solutions, or more specifically, adapters that allow installing Socket478 CPUs into Socket423 mainboards. It will likely prove uneconomical, but here are two links.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/...
http://www.upgradeware.com/english/...
I - Sandor J
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Response Number 3

Name: Sabertooth
Date: April 7, 2008 at 18:38:15 Pacific
Subject: whats my max cpu?

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Yup!
Your upgrade option on that machine is so limited that it isn't even worth an attempt. Looks like it's time for a new machine.

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Response Number 4

Name: protohunter
Date: April 7, 2008 at 20:44:32 Pacific
Subject: whats my max cpu?

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I have a newish machine (Pentium D 3GHz) I just like messing around with spares.

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Response Number 5

Name: larryf215
Date: April 8, 2008 at 16:21:29 Pacific
Subject: whats my max cpu?

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"OS: ME"

I would use it for "messing aroung" with differnt linux distros. uping the ram to 512, would give you more options, in picking distros but, I do not thing you ram is cheap either. I think you have an agp card, so that helps.
larry

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