Hi All,
I'm looking for some advice on upgrading a Dell machine for my younger brother. Specs:
- Pentium D 2.80GHz (Presler)
- Dell 82945G, Intel AGTL+ motherboard
- NVidia 7900 PCI-e
- 2Gb PC-5300 RAM (533MHz)
- Can I put a faster processor in it?
Currently a Pentium D 2.80GHz running on LGA775, FSB 800MHz. Sisoft Sandra suggest the max bus available is 1.07GHz. Does this mean that if I were to buy a Q6600 + new heat sink it would work? Also would I get away with this on the stock power-supply? Given the choice what processor should I use - he does lots of work on web design and image editing programs.
- HDD issues. Couple of issues.
1. At startup especially there is lots of hard disk thrashing going on, very noisy.
2. When writing to the HDD (installing program) there are problems reading from the disk (playing music).
Thanks
Jeremy
I'm looking for some advice on upgrading a Dell machine for my younger brother. Specs:
- Pentium D 2.80GHz (Presler)
- Dell 82945G, Intel AGTL+ motherboard
- NVidia 7900 PCI-e
- 2Gb PC-5300 RAM (533MHz)
- Can I put a faster processor in it?
Currently a Pentium D 2.80GHz running on LGA775, FSB 800MHz. Sisoft Sandra suggest the max bus available is 1.07GHz. Does this mean that if I were to buy a Q6600 + new heat sink it would work? Also would I get away with this on the stock power-supply? Given the choice what processor should I use - he does lots of work on web design and image editing programs.
- HDD issues. Couple of issues.
1. At startup especially there is lots of hard disk thrashing going on, very noisy.
2. When writing to the HDD (installing program) there are problems reading from the disk (playing music).
Thanks
Jeremy