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October 11th, 2007 12:00
Help on upgrading CPU
Yeah, I know, I should just get a newer computer! But, to run Vista, I've upgraded the video board, power supply, RAM etc on my four year old Dimension 8100 desktop. The bottleneck now seems to be the processor, I have a Pentium four 1.2 GHz. How can I figure what's the max. speed chip I can put in it that will run? I'm at work, or I'd be able to put in the service tag. I think it's probably a 2 GHz model. Thanks for any info on this!!
- Don't post your service tag. Dell doesn't like it.
Here is what it says in the specs from your machine:
Microprocessor type Intel® Pentium® 4 microprocessor that runs at either 1.30, 1.40, 1.50, 1.70, 1.80, or 2.0 GHz.
So, you should be able to upgrade to at least a 2.0G. It is possible that something a bit faster will also work, but you probably need to stick with the 400M FSB.
Peter Florida Jim
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Posted October 11th, 2007 14:00
It's a Dimension 8100, with a Pentium four 1.2 GHz processor. It uses RD (Rambus) ram. Like I said, I'll enter the service tag when I get home, and maybe Dell will tell me what's the fastest processor I can run, what socket it has, etc.Florida Jim
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Posted October 11th, 2007 16:00
Well, like my first comment said, "Yeah, I should get a new machine," and I will be getting one sometime in the future. It runs Vista fine with all the features enabled, but like eveything, cars included, faster is better! Thanks for the help, I'll look around and see how much a 2 GHz chip would cost.Yes, it all went well. I had a choice between two types of heat sink grease, one white and one that has silver as an adjective. I chose the silver one hoping it was 'better'. The cpu I took out had a piece of tape on it that was acting as a thermal conductor. Are you familiar with the this tape and the silver heat sink material?
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Posted February 25th, 2008 18:00
@Gary Douglas wrote:
Yes, it all went well. I had a choice between two types of heat sink grease, one white and one that has silver as an adjective. I chose the silver one hoping it was 'better'. The cpu I took out had a piece of tape on it that was acting as a thermal conductor. Are you familiar with the this tape and the silver heat sink material?
The piece of tape, is a 'Thermal Pad' and is used instead of the compound. Personally, I prefer using the thermal compound.
Instructions for cleaning the heatsink/processor and applying thermal compound are here.
Bev.
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Posted October 11th, 2007 13:00
I would expect that CPU to seem slow.
Peter