What CPU Can I upgrade my Pentium 4 Desktop system to? Details inside....?

Question

I currently have a 1.6ghz Desktop PC which was built around 2000 (not a name brand) and I was wondering what Pentium 4 CPU I could upgrade to... The manual for my motherboard states: "Supports Intel Pentium 4 processors with 400MHz (100MHz QDR) CPU Front Side Bus (FSB)" and "Supports Intel Pentium 4 processors in the 478 pin package."

Here are the results of a system test I did on the CPU I have now:
CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 1616 MHz (16 x 101)
CPU Alias P68, Willamette, A80528
CPU Stepping D0
Instruction Set x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2
Original Clock 1600 MHz
Engineering Sample No
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info:
Package Type 478 Pin uPGA
Package Size 3.50 cm x 3.50 cm
Transistors 42 million
Process Technology 6M, 0.18 um, CMOS
Die Size 217 mm2
Core Voltage 1.75 V
I/O Voltage 1.75 V
Typical Power 55.3 - 75.3 W (depending on clock speed)
Maximum Power 72 - 100 W (depending on clock speed)
CPUID

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CPUID Properties:
CPUID Manufacturer GenuineIntel
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F12h
IA Brand ID 08h (Intel Pentium 4)
Platform ID 0Eh (Socket 478)
IA CPU Serial Number Unknown
Microcode Update Revision 2C
HTT / CMP Units 0 / 0

Instruction Set:
64-bit x86 Extension (AMD64, EM64T) Not Supported
Alternate Instruction Set Not Supported
AMD 3DNow! Not Supported
AMD 3DNow! Professional Not Supported
AMD Enhanced 3DNow! Not Supported
AMD Extended MMX Not Supported
Cyrix Extended MMX Not Supported
IA-64 Not Supported
IA MMX Supported
IA SSE Supported
IA SSE 2 Supported
IA SSE 3 Not Supported
CLFLUSH Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG8B Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG16B Instruction Not Supported
Conditional Move Instruction Supported
MONITOR / MWAIT Instruction Not Supported
RDTSCP Instruction Not Supported
SYSCALL / SYSRET Instruction Not Supported
SYSENTER / SYSEXIT Instruction Supported
VIA FEMMS Instruction Not Supported

Security Features:
Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE) Not Supported
Data Execution Prevention (DEP, NX, EDB) Not Supported
Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) Not Supported
Montgomery Multiplier & Hash Engine Not Supported
Processor Serial Number (PSN) Not Supported

Power Management Features:
Automatic Clock Control Supported
Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Not Supported
Enhanced SpeedStep Technology (EIST, ESS) Not Supported
Frequency ID Control Not Supported
LongRun Not Supported
LongRun Table Interface Not Supported
PowerSaver 1.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 2.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 3.0 Not Supported
Processor Duty Cycle Control Supported
Software Thermal Control Not Supported
Temperature Sensing Diode Not Supported
Thermal Monitor 1 Supported
Thermal Monitor 2 Not Supported
Thermal Monitoring Not Supported
Thermal Trip Not Supported
Voltage ID Control Not Supported

CPUID Features:
36-bit Page Size Extension Supported
Address Region Registers (ARR) Not Supported
CPL Qualified Debug Store Not Supported
Debug Trace Store Supported
Debugging Extension Supported
Fast Save & Restore Supported
Hyper-Threading Technology (HTT) Not Supported
L1 Context ID Not Supported
Local APIC On Chip Not Supported
Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Supported
Machine Check Exception (MCE) Supported
Memory Configuration Registers (MCR) Not Supported
Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) Supported
Model Specific Registers (MSR) Supported
Page Attribute Table (PAT) Supported
Page Global Extension Supported
Page Size Extension (PSE) Supported
Pending Break Event Not Supported
Physical Address Extension (PAE) Supported
Secure Virtual Machine Extensions (Pacifica) Not Supported
Self-Snoop Supported
Time Stamp Counter (TSC) Supported
Virtual Machine Extensions (Vanderpool) Not Supported
Virtual Mode Extension Supported

CPUID Registers (CPU #1):
CPUID 00000000 00000002-756E6547-6C65746E-49656E69
CPUID 00000001 00000F12-00010808-00000000-3FEBF9FF
CPUID 00000002 665B5001-00000000-00000000-007A7040
CPUID 80000000 80000004-00000000-00000000-00000000
CPUID 80000001 00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000
CPUID 80000002 20202020-20202020-20202020-6E492020
CPUID 80000003 286C6574-50202952-69746E65-52286D75
CPUID 80000004 20342029-20555043-30362E31-007A4847

MSR Registers:
MSR 00000017 0008-0000-0000-0000
MSR 0000002A 0000-0000-0000-4000
MSR 0000002C 0000-0000-8201-FF00
MSR 0000008B 0000-0

Answer 1

Don't waste your money on another P4. Save up and get a motherboard and a core2duo, along with DDR2 ram...

Answer 2

I have a similar configuration but from Dell and I can tell you off the bath that you can't reasonably ($) do it. My guess is that the best you can possibly go with (but don't take my words for it; do your part and search it out) is consider an upgrade to a Pentium D series CPU - something like a Pentium D-945. That's what I did. So you could basically change a single-core 3.0 GHz Hyper-threaded Pentium 4 to a Dual-core Pentium D at 3.4 GHz (no HT). No need to change your memory or any other part. I saw decent performance increase (for the 200$ I spent at the time) and a few more fps in games. Nothing radical, but again we're talking of upgrading what you have with only one piece of hardware here. You've answered yourself with the FSB at 1333MHz...yours is 800Mhz so who wants to spend the money to by a new motherboard, chipset, controller just to accomodate a new CPU??????? That's a whole new machine!! And even then, I'd go for the i7s CPU.

Answer 3

Hi, you can upgrade your CPU to around 3.0Ghz any 478skt CPU will do for your PC.



Go onto ebay, and search for 2.8Ghz or 3Ghz CPU, on the side panal it will ask what socket you wish to choose, tick the "socket 478" option and de-select anything else. It will show you all the listings, you should be able to get a 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 for around $15. Which is a VERY huge boost.



But, it is not for todays gaming standards, if you was planning on useing it for gaming.



Edit: Please will you people stop suggesting things that will cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars? He asked what his CPU could be upgraded to, I bet you people didn't even bother searching for his awesner. Straight away you turn into trolls.



Core2Quads? C'mon... He probbally only wants to go on the internet or somthing.

Answer 4

forget that, bat a core2quad. much better. it fits your specs more, and will bring out the best performance.