Processor advice

I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?

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I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?


It is never worth it to upgrade the processor. If it isn't fast enough,
replace the computer

Tom Scales wrote:
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I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?


It is never worth it to upgrade the processor. If it isn't fast enough,
replace the computer


Amen to that. The fastest processor you could use is only 2.0GHz, a
change you would barely notice.

Pen wrote:
Tom Scales wrote:
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I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?


It is never worth it to upgrade the processor. If it isn't fast enough,
replace the computer


Amen to that. The fastest processor you could use is only 2.0GHz, a
change you would barely notice.


Ok, thanks you two )

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Pen wrote:
Tom Scales wrote:
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I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?


It is never worth it to upgrade the processor. If it isn't fast
enough,
replace the computer


Amen to that. The fastest processor you could use is only 2.0GHz, a
change you would barely notice.


Ok, thanks you two )


Since we're piling on here, even adding a 2.6GHz/400FSB CPU to that system
wouldn't do much good; it features PC133 SDRAM and was the very last
Dimension model before the introduction of DDR SDRAM (Dimension 4400).

Heck, you could pick up a 4400, 4500/4550, or 8300 on ebay (tower only) for
anywhere from $150 to $400.......

fwiw

Stew

Let me voice some minor dissent to the other responses here.

IF the BIOS can support CPUs faster than 2GHz (a big IF) and it can support
Celerons (another BIG IF), and you can find an inexpensive Celeron, say, 2.5GHz
or faster (up to 2.8GHz) for maybe $30 or so, you would notice a reasonable
speed difference. These are BIG IFs, because I have not tried them myself.
Maybe somebody else has. In addition, the CPU MUST run with a 400MHz front
side bus, or it is pretty useless. This rules out the newer Celeron D
processors.

Before investing in a CPU, however, I would do a thorough hard drive and
registry cleanup, including defragging both after getting rid of all the really
stupid junk files left behind by the equally stupid and even more lazy software
developers who write software for Windows. Then, if the system does not
already have at least 512MB of memory, I would add memory, of course.

.... Ben Myers

On 26 Dec 2006 15:39:18 -0800, wrote:

I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?

On 26 Dec 2006 15:39:18 -0800, wrote:

I have a Dimension 4300 1.5ghz and i'm thinking of upgrading if
possible. Does anyone know what kind of processor I'd need? Will it
need to be a specific one or can I just buy any?


I think you got the specifics so let me just say as a "rule of thumb"
it's usually not economical to upgrade processors and most will tell
you to add more ram first (at least up to 512megs). This is a general
rule.

Of course it really depends on what you use your pc. For example if
you are just typing letters, probably you won't know the difference
but perhaps doing some video editing, you may notice some difference.
Personally I'd follow the rule of thumb.