Pentium Question

Ok so i have a 2 pentium ii slots with 300mhz each, im looking to upgrade to pentium 4 with 2ghz and i was wondering if it would go in the same slot, from what ive seen it wont and i was wondering if anyone has a suggestion on where to go from here. i have more than enough ram, and im looking to use it for games.

Thanks

 

ok 1st it wont fit since the slots r different and the motherboard wont support a p4 speed

so to use the p4 u need a new motherboard another power suppply new ram and a new video card if u havent bought the pentium 4 i would buy one of those intel core 2 duo also what games do u plan to play?

 

If you mean Slot 1, no. You might not be able to upgrade them with 500 MHz chips let alone P4s.

P4s are a world apart. They need fan cooling, a different socket, even their own separate power supply in the form of a 4-pin plug, meaning you can't even reuse your old power supply.

 

Thanks guys, I was thinking of mostly roms, and diablo 3 when it comes out, so i should get a new motherboard and transfer all my RAM and video card. Then i would need a new psu (if im correct) because mine is too old. my question is which motherboard should i get, and can someone reccomend a tutorial site for how to put the motherboard in the case? anything else i need? Thanks again

 

old pc uses sdram ,now p4 mobo uses ddr or the latest ddr2 , you cannot use them

 

I'd go with a much larger power supply (>400W at least) and a DVD burner, but otherwise that's a good price if you're on a budget. Consider also:

Pentium 805 about $90
GIGABYTE GA-8I945GZME-RH motherboard about $58 w/ integrated graphics
Corsair DDR2 512Mb $57
NEC ND-3550a DVD burner $20 after rebate at Tigerdirect.com
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3250824AS 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $75
Powmax CP769PL ATX Mid-Tower Case w/ 400Watt PS $30 at Tigerdirect

This comes in about $30 more but with a faster 250 Gb hard drive, DVD drive, and faster, dual-core CPU rather than a Celeron.

You can get an XFX GeForce 6200/128MB PCI-E card for $45 at tigerdirect and an extra stick of memory, which is the only upgrade to the this system I would make if I were buying it. BTW, you apparently can overclock that 805 to 4 GHz, though I wouldn't go nearly that far.

 

thanks a lot guys youve been great, but if i do get that motherboard, can i put my RAM (over 400) in it and my ati radeon video card etc, in the motherboard, the reason i want to so bad is cause its all great and fast, but 300 mhz is pathetic, even i know that. and when i get the motherboard how would i go about putting my windows xp in it? sorry guys im real new to hardware

Thanks again

 

actually it is PCI, so i know i can put that in

 

now im confused, i was looking for RAM and i pulled this up( http://cgi.ebay.com/256mb-Micron-PC...938QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140044355027 ) and it says ddr but i see 2 pieces on the bottom. ill get back to this tomorrow. thanks to everyone who is helping me out

 

Your old pc uses SD-Ram Most likely PC100 seeing the FSB on the P2 is 100mhz or 66mhz not 133mhz you will need new ram no matter what unless you break the slot showing it in and then turning it on and noticing smoke comming out, I doubt you will go for the 2nd option so you only have one left buy new ram the ram aint very expensive 79au here for 512mb DDR1

 

Ill most likely gebuy more ram, now the last step, when i get the new motherboard, how would i install bios/OS? a website with a nice tutorial with pics would be nice, ive looked but couldnt find one simple enough for me. Thanks to everyone

 

well i have a 30gb and 13gb so that isnt a whole lot, at first i just wanted to get a new processor, but that led into building a whole new computer. so is it simple to install windows xp? i have the cd

 

ok thanks, now on to the technical crap in my other thread! thanks guys you really helped a lot