Processor Question

[southtxstang]

Is there anyway to change my P.O.S Celeron processor to like a Pentium 4 without erasing everything i have? And does anyone have Ram for sale, i cant do anything with this crappy Compaq, it keeps saying out of memory, and makes me do disk clean ups all the time.

[Stang2be]

if its a compaq your probably not going to be able to do much. You might be able to move up a little in mhz of the same family IE p3 900 might be able to go to the 1.3-1.4ghz but p4 no. Usually a processor swap requires a new board, ram, and possibly power supply. most likely with the costs of new systems if you look at all that you will be better off just buying a new box.

[southtxstang]

i was thinking of buying a new computer, right now dell has some good prices, but since i already have this P.O.S, i was just thinking of fixing it up. oh well ill just deal with it

[Stang2be]

Dell does have some pretty good deals and you can build a reasonable clone system for around $500 I think if youve got a monitor.

I'm debating upgrading mine but it runs fine for what I need.

You might also consider upping the ram like you mentioned and possibly wiping and reloading a newer OS. I did an overhaul like this for a coworker for a little over $100 and now she has a fresh new pc with updated software and and all the patches and I tried to tweak it as much as I could for her.

[1994SilverGT]

yea you can change the processor without erasing everything. the problem lies in what windows u have.

[Stang2be]

also depending on the board but most likely he can stay in the same family and add a few mhz

[southtxstang]

anything is better than what i have right now on this compter, ill see about that ram during the week, thanks guys

[jakesford]

Originally posted by 1994SilverGT
yea you can change the processor without erasing everything. the problem lies in what windows u have.

If you change too much hardware you will have to "reauthorize" XP with microsoft...:( run belarc advisor and find out which mobo you have and you can figure out what options you have...

[Kenny_Stang]

Here's one of the current deals Dell has:

Pentium-4 2.5GHz, 256MB DDR, Dell Keyboard/Mouse, 40GB Drive, FDD,10/100 + 56k, 48x CDRW or 16x DVD, Integrated A/V, 5.1 Sound, XP Home
Click here to (http://www1.us.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd) find this sytem at $499 - $150 rebate = $349 with free shipping.

[southtxstang]

thanks guys, i was looking on the dell website and they had some good deals, maybe if i sale that intake i could buy one. if not ill fix this crappy one up