PLEASE HELP - NEW PROCESSOR?

Question

use my Dell PC for gaming.

Specs

Dell dimension 4700

Intel P4 2.80ghz

2gb ram PC3200+

8500 GT - soon to get ati HD3870

I think the processor is slow, and have seen some 3.4ghz and 3.8 p4 processors. Would they fit in my mobo? ex.http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-4-P4-3-8-GHZ-670-2MB-800FSB-LGA-775-HT_W0QQitemZ370080251606QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370080251606&_trkparms=72%3A552|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Would i need to change voltages inorder to get a faster processor?(Dell PC's voltage and fsb is locked)

If possible to upgrade, would i see a noticeable difference?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

It should, since all P4's are the same socket type. But, you might need to give it more power, since they have some serious over clocking in place.

Answer 2

Hi Ducky,

Since you're using a Dell PC, you're out of luck. Like you stated yourself, the voltage and FSB options are locked. And also, you wouldn't see THAT much of a difference in games with the newer processor.

My suggestion to you is to buy a nicer video card, since you have a PCi Express x16 slot, and overclock it to see a tremendous performance boost in your games.

For Nvidia cards, use RivaTuner - http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=riv...

For ATI cards, use ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

Also, don't forget proper VGA cooling if you're going to overclock your video card into the next dimension ;)

Good Luck!