Upgrading CPU !

[sa3dos]

Hello all,

I have ASUS P4B motherboard and it says that it supports Up to 400MHz system bus, what will happen if I install a 533MHz CPU on it? What are the disadvantages?

Will I see a noticable difference in speed and performance when I switch from P4 - 1.6GHz to 2.4GHz ?

Does a larger L2 Cache size means faster performance ? for example; 256kb and 1mb ?

 

[blue_dragon]

Before you consider all of this you should consider the sockets of the mobo and the cpu

 

[sa3dos]

478 Socket's, that is being taken into consideration.

 

[vnf4ultra]

If the pc would boot with a 2.4ghz cpu with a 533fsb, then it likely would underclock it to using a 400fsb, which would make the 2.4 run at only 1.8ghz. More cache is better, and does affect performance somewhat.

 

[CMH]

Just wanna mention a 2.4C 478pin is super for OC

But that chip uses an 800mhz bus.

See if you can get a faster mobo.

 

[sa3dos]

I just found an auction on eBay..

Intel Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz CPU + Heat Sink NEW (SL67R)

-Spec.:
2.4 GHz
400MHz FSB!!!
512KB L2 Cache Northwood
(Socket 478) form factor
Featuring the Intel NetBurst microarchitecture
Compatible with existing Intel® Architecture-based software
Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) Instructions
Intel® MMX™ media enhancement technology
Integrated caches include 12-K micro-op trace cache and 8-KB L1 data cache in addition to L2 cache memory
4GB address range.