[USlatin]

My dad still has an older Pentium 3 on his computer and I would love it if someone could help me figure out what CPU I could get him for his MoBo...

I knbow he won't be able to OC cause his MoBo must be from Dell or other like it...

What socket is a P3? Is there a chance that other CPUs for the same socket might not be compatible?

thanks in advance...

 

[Mad_Handlez89]

The PIII uses the PGA320 Socket and the upgradable list of processors is not a long list unfortunatly

Maybe upgrade to a cheap LGA775 board and get a Northy 3.4GHz cheapy

 

[USlatin]

hum... but what would be the biggest 775 bargain MoBo?

EDIT: this is something I have to look into... not I should find out what RAM he has and so on.... thanks for the info!

 

[Mad_Handlez89]

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Originally Posted by USlatin hum... but what would be the biggest 775 bargain MoBo? EDIT: this is something I have to look into... not I should find out what RAM he has and so on.... thanks for the info!

Will look on the egg now

I'm a little slow as I have a cold/bug and its 9am

EDIT: I don't know what is "budget" in $USD sence of things so I can't post any

 

[USlatin]

well my old man is being a cheap ass... then again he doesn't need power really, but I sent him a 140 9min QuickTime of a project and his comp was boggin down mid-clip...

so I'd say $200 tops for all and he might go for it so long as he gets a big increase in perf... I am just worried that he will need RAM MoBo and CPU... and I'd hate to see him buying parts that are not fututure-proof (not really the right term)

I was thinking Gigabyte DS3 and giving him my E6300... then $100 for G. Skill HZ's but my girl will kill me if I don't sell the E6300 to pay for the Q6600 I am getting... so it would have to be all on his own

 

[G|F.E.A.D|Killa]

you could buy my foxconn and cpu for $80

its a p4 3.2 640 and a foxconn micro atx board with onboard video

 

[da9pwnsu]

$200 upgrade... ok thats gonna be hard lol but Ill try to help...

(from newegg)
Pentium D 805 OEM $52.99
Socket 775 Cooler $9.99
MSI PM8PM-V LGA 775 VIA P4M800 PRO $42.99
A-DATA 2GB Kit $84.99

Albeit its not a Core 2 Duo system, it gives you a new processor, onboard video, and 2gb of ram for ~$191

and you can prolly oc to 3.0 with that board lol.

 

[da9pwnsu]

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Originally Posted by G|F.E.A.D|Killa you could buy my foxconn and cpu for $80 its a p4 3.2 640 and a foxconn micro atx board with onboard video

Thats a really good deal, id pick it up

and grab 2gb of cheap DDR ram on newegg

 

[G|F.E.A.D|Killa]

lol its just sitting on my shelf and i therw the cpu in about 30 min ago and overcloked it to 4.01Ghz. and ya. i still like my E6600

 

[da9pwnsu]

LOL, yeah and it made it to the Intel 4 Ghz Club Thread

 

[USlatin]

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Originally Posted by G|F.E.A.D|Killa you could buy my foxconn and cpu for $80 its a p4 3.2 640 and a foxconn micro atx board with onboard video

ok, so you guys seem to think this is the best bet so far... I think you might have a deal bro... will PM soon... do u need a cooler? I have the E6300's stock laying around.... but that must be HOT... so no way ... talk to be!

 

[USlatin]

here is what he gave me about his current hardware...

933 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Board: Intel Corporation D815EEA AAA10383-404
Serial Number: PR02336V1246111K068P
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. A06 11/28/2000

sounds like the MoBo is a pos