question on cpu fan and others

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by dragnandy, Dec 9, 2007.

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  1. sammorris

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    The case is important to a degree since it's not really about the number of fans, more their size and where they're placed, heck, even which brand of fan you use. Stock coolermaster ones are rubbish, yet the positioning and opportunity for coolermaster cases is excellent.
     
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    oh i forgot to ask, how do you check how hot your processor/pc is? and what temperature should it stay at?
     
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    dragnandy, what socket is the new cpu as old cpu socket is most likely 478? if new cpu is a prescott dye then make certain your bios can run prescott cpu's because if not then won't post.

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    the current cpu i have is socket 478, willamette, and im guessing thats the first generation of Pentium 4 processors.
     
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    how high can your board goto in cpu speed? you won't be able to run a prescott dye cpu on that board.
     
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    how can i check the max speed clock my motherboard can handle?
     
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    Dig up the motherboard's product page on the manufacturer's website. If your current CPU's a Willamette I'd think it unlikely that the board would support a 3.2Ghz Prescott. I could be wrong though.
    As for the temperatures, download a program called speedfan.
     
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    unless that board is fairly new then won't read a prescott. had that problem on my 2nd previous board & i was running a 2.4 celeron at the time.
     
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    does this meean i need a whole new board??
     
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    most likely but 1 that is compatible with your videocard & your ram. if your ram is sdram & not ddr then need new ram too so might as well get new socket 775 board & cpu, new ram & new videocard unless use onboard video.
     
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    wouldnt there be one thats compatible with SDRAM and the cpu and other things i already have?
     
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    socket 478 boards are discontinued so might be lucky to find a new 1. what ram do you have as in sdram or ddr?
     
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    sdram, pc133. i know its old..

    my video card is Nvidia MX/MX400, thats old too but i havent been playing games much, i just wanted to upgrade the cpu because it had a slow performance on just running normal programs.
     
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    The only thing I can suggest is to try finding another skt478 CPU, but it'd have to be an old one, quite possibly even just another Willamette, in which case I probably wouldn't bother. Stick with what you've got until you can afford to replace the stuff. Is your Geforce 4MX a PCI version? If it is you can keep that if you buy a new motherboard/cpu/ram combination.
     
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    how much ram do you have? what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard to see what you have & is capable of going to?
     
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    i have 3 slots for my ram, i filled it with a 125mb,256mb,and a 512mb.

    my computer right now is a prebuilt, IBM netvista A22P. the motherboard name is ibm 229221u. so far i just upgraded the ram, and im adding a dvd drive for christmas =]. i also got a different HDD.

    if theres no cheap motherboard to support them, them maybe ill use my 3.0ghz pentium 4 for my future custom built computer that i plan on getting, and keep this current computer at a 1.6ghz.

    i believe my video card is gpu.
     
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    i believe its the 2292 one, because the motherboard name is ibm 2292-21U. other than that i can barely tell the difference
     
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    thanks ddp. do you know what is the fastest Willamette cpu? like is there a 3.0ghz Willamette? and where?
     
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