Just installed Windows 8 on a Dell Dimensions 3100, which is running reasonably well considering the age of this PC. I have however just tried to upgrade to 8.1 to find out it's not possible due to the CPU lacking PrefecthW. I've looked for new CPUs but it seems my board is too old to support anything that is going to be much better, I'd therefore like suggestions on what CPU/MoBo upgrade I should go for. I'd like to be able to run 8.1 and future versions of Windows so the upgrade seems necessary. I've already updated to RAM to 2GB but that's the max the mobo can take. I don't need anything powerful just want something that'll allow Win 8.1 updates and allow basic computing tasks. Also I don't really want to spend a huge amount.
Here's some current specs, if you need more let me know.
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 1
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 1 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium 4 521
Codename Prescott
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID F.4.9
Extended CPUID F.4
Core Stepping G1
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2792.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 14.0 x 199.5 MHz
Rated Bus speed 798.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2800 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 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no
DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction Single-bit ECC
max capacity 1024 MBytes
max# of devices 2
DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_1
format DIMM
type DDR
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 1024 MBytes
DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_2
format DIMM
type DDR
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 1024 MBytes
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 8 (6.2) 64-bit (Build 9200)
DirectX Version 11.0
Cheers
Here's some current specs, if you need more let me know.
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 1
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 1 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium 4 521
Codename Prescott
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID F.4.9
Extended CPUID F.4
Core Stepping G1
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2792.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 14.0 x 199.5 MHz
Rated Bus speed 798.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2800 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 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no
DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction Single-bit ECC
max capacity 1024 MBytes
max# of devices 2
DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_1
format DIMM
type DDR
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 1024 MBytes
DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM_2
format DIMM
type DDR
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 1024 MBytes
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 8 (6.2) 64-bit (Build 9200)
DirectX Version 11.0
Cheers
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