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[paulsylvan]

I have an ABIT AI7 MB with a Pentium 4, 2.8 GB, socket 478 processor. Can I upgrade to a P4, 3.2 GB processor with basically the same specs?

 

[inerax]

time to build a new computer friend.

upgrading is not going to do you much good.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The Intel® Pentium® 4 and all of its flavors are very old technology that has seen major improvements with the introduction of the Intel Core™ 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad and the newer Intel Core processors (and all of their variants). Simply put the lowest end processors today would be a big improvement over the fastest of the Intel Pentium 4 processors.

Unless there is some reason on why you can't upgrade to a newer system save your money for a better system.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[paulsylvan]

time to build a new computer friend.

upgrading is not going to do you much good.

I will start doing my homework for new components. Thanks inerax.

 

[paulsylvan]

The Intel® Pentium® 4 and all of its flavors are very old technology that has seen major improvements with the introduction of the Intel Core™ 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad and the newer Intel Core processors (and all of their variants). Simply put the lowest end processors today would be a big improvement over the fastest of the Intel Pentium 4 processors.

Unless there is some reason on why you can't upgrade to a newer system save your money for a better system.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Thanks Christian. I am starting to research components today.

 

[vigilante212]

It would probably cost you more to upgrade that old system then buying new.

 

[paulsylvan]

It would probably cost you more to upgrade that old system then buying new.

Thanks Vigilante212, I'm already searching for components to build a new system.

 

[paulsylvan]

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