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Aug 22, 2004, 09:57 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Location: Saskatchewan
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Upgrade from PIII 500 to Celeron 1.3ghz?
I have a Dell XPS T500, and am just double checking with you smart guys at DH to see whether this upgrade will be possible.
Keep in mind that these prices are in CDN dollars. Here is the slot 1 adapter I plan on using. The processor I would use would most likely be a celeron 1.3ghz (100fsb) for ~$50 shipped (used). Here is a listing of compatible computers for the product. My Dell XPS T500 is listed at the bottom to be compatible. Any thoughts on this? Is it worth it? This machine is my dad's main rig right now, but he's buying mine in the spring. From then on it will be used mainly for digital photos (possibly editing in the future?). One more question; will the psu support this? Here are the system specs: PIII 500mhz 512mb PC100 ram Western Digital 40gb w/ 8meg cache CD-RW DVD-ROM 200w foxcon psu GF2 of some sort |
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Aug 25, 2004, 10:39 AM
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Styleless Wonder
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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The Intel Celeron 1.3 GHz is a Tualatin core and after reading the info on the Slot 1 adapter, it should work since it supports the Tualtin core.
The PSU should be able to handle it. |
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Aug 25, 2004, 06:59 PM
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Driverheaven brewmaster
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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You will be alright with that adapter, and the psu should be fine. Too bad your ram is only pc 100, hopefully it'll be able to oc a bit for you, cause the tualatin cellies are nice clockers
 Even my 1.4 oc's nicely and would go higher if i had a better cooler. |
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Aug 25, 2004, 08:37 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Location: Saskatchewan
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Too bad your ram is only pc 100, hopefully it'll be able to oc a bit for you, cause the tualatin cellies are nice clockers
Even my 1.4 oc's nicely and would go higher if i had a better cooler.Yeah, I would have PC133 if I didn't own a dell. I bought some PC133, plunked it in, and it wouldn't work. So I went digging for info online, and it turns out my mobo only supports PC100  |
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Aug 26, 2004, 05:51 PM
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Driverheaven brewmaster
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Hopefully your ram is flexible then
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Aug 29, 2004, 01:14 AM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Aug 29, 2004, 01:18 AM
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Styleless Wonder
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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That depends on the motherboard. If the motherboard allows you to adjust the FSB, then you're in luck.
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Aug 29, 2004, 08:36 AM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Location: Saskatchewan
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Oh, well there's no such options in bios. Actually the bios options are quite slim. And that's the only way to OC it right? The hardware "jumper" overclocking ended in the PII days?
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Aug 29, 2004, 08:41 AM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
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SoftFSB?
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Aug 29, 2004, 10:21 AM
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Styleless Wonder
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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I'd suggest looking in the manual for any FSB adjustment options. If there is one..
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Aug 29, 2004, 01:22 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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it's a dell... you can't do anything.... i've seen it.. pretty annoying....
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