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tmhai   10-26-2009 at 01:23:40 PM

I have the following motherboard:
SiS-645DX

With the following CPU:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
Socket 478 mPGA

I want to know which processor I can upgrade to without having to upgrade the motherboard. Can I get a P4 with Hyper Threading?

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jj463rd   10-26-2009 at 01:42:42 PM
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That's an antique it could be one of several motherboards.That is the chipset.
Here are some links
http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/roun [...] k2-mx.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sis-645dx,435.html
You would be far far better off saving up money for even a low end budget build.
A very low end budget CPU would blow away that old system in terms of performance.

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tmhai   10-26-2009 at 02:12:05 PM
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Hah, thanks.

I noticed that some P4 were selling for under $50 locally, and figured if I could squeeze any remaining juice from my current machine for that low price, it wouldn't hurt.

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jj463rd   10-26-2009 at 02:34:55 PM
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It's quite understandible but I don't think that it would be cost effective for an upgrade.Somehow I doubt that a P4 with hyperthreading would work on your motherboard as a guess.
I saw this deal over at newegg that someone else mentioned before on this forum.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] undle-_-na

Only thing it was missing was the hard drive,a DVD burner,CPU heat sink/fan and an operating system.

As you can see a new budget build would be better.
Just save up your money and during the meantime study on what you would like to build (come back and give us a budget).
That old system could still be useful as a secondary PC.

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