Processor Upgrade

[lewiszulu1]

OK, so i have been given an old pc to mess around with.
Its an old machine but i wanna fix her up.
It has an IM845GL motherboard
Intel Celeron 1.7ghz Processor
768mb of RAM

I was wondering what processor would be best to get?
I was thinking P4 2.8?
Will this be supported by my motherboard?
Its an MPGA478 Socket.

Also will getting the RAM up to 2gb be sufficient?
Currently runs OS Windows XP home
40gb hard drive

Help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

[quick69gto]

Without knowing the motherboards maker, you should be able to go to 2.8ghz, possibly 3.0ghz.
More RAM is always good. Anything above 2gig is probably overkill with XP.
I would also think about swapping to a larger hard drive. Anything from 250gig on up is good.
If you buy a retail hard drive, it will come with a disk copy utility.

Good luck!

[NxWizard]

It's never overkill if you are a gamer...

[Joshyboy]

Make sure you setup a good fan to fit the quality of your processor, to many times have I heard the same old stories of people who've fried their processors.

[quick69gto]

Agreed. It's always a good idea to upgrade to a decent aftermarket heatsink/fan setup even if you continue to use the 1.7ghz proc.
As I stated before, more RAM is always good but you may run into the 32bit XP limitation of seeing 4gig or more RAM.
I still believe 2gig with XP is plenty for any gamer but 4gig is better when gaming in Vista. The 32bit RAM limitation is still present in Vista though.

[lewiszulu1]

[quote name=\'Joshyboy\' post=\'423338\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 09:10 AM\']Make sure you setup a good fan to fit the quality of your processor, to many times have I heard the same old stories of people who've fried their processors.[/quote]


Thanks for all your responses guys
ill get cracking with the upgrade now!
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