Intel P4 630 Socket 775 LGA Upgrade to Dual Core

andertrack

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I own a Dell Dimension 8400 and I would like to upgrade my P4 to a dual core processor that uses the same socket 775 I am using now, but I am unsure of whether or not I can run a dual core processor.

My mainboard is from dell and is based on the Intel i925x

The following I got from CPU-Z. Any help would be appreciated.


Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium 4 630
Codename Prescott
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID F.4.3
Extended CPUID F.4
Core Stepping N0
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2992.3 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 15.0 x 199.5 MHz
Rated Bus speed 798.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 14.0x - 15.0x
VID range 1.116 V - 1.420 V

Chipset
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Northbridge Intel i925X rev. B1
Southbridge Intel 82801FB (ICH6) rev. 03
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 266.0 MHz (3:4)
CAS# latency (CL) 4.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 4
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 4
Cycle Time (tRAS) 12
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FEDA0000
MCHBAR I/O Size 4096
MCHBAR registers
 

festerovic

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I dug into this for you. I checked the forums at Dell support, and one of the posts asked the same question as you. The fastest the dell guy said was a 3.6 ghz p4 of the same era as the chip you have.

Heres the link:
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19288313.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&s=dhs

and this one for more info. They got a 3.8 ghz chip and also a p4 670 to work.
http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/18706191.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&s=dhs

May be cheaper to bite the bullet and get a new rig. Lots of deals right now.