New Processor

[Quickshot55]

I'm looking to buy a new processor but I know nothing about processors. The one I have now is 1.7 GHz. The one I was looking at is 3.2 GHz. I don't know if it's good or not because I know nothing about them. I also don't know what would fit in my computer. I have a dell demension 4400. This is what it says under system properties.

Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70 GHz
1.69 GHz, 640 MB of RAM

The one I was looking at is this one:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... ID-351%207

I'm not sure if it is any good or if it would fit in my computer. Thank you for your help.

[Gecko]

[Quickshot55]

[Gecko]

[Quickshot55]

[Gecko]

Dell's web site doesn't say what socket you have on your motherboard so I cannot really say.

[Quickshot55]

How can I tell which socket I have?

[Gecko]

It might be in your manual, if not then you can use SiSoft Sandra Lite to find out.

In the upper left of this forum is a link for SiSoft Sandra Lite
Download and install SiSoft Sandra Lite and select launch at finish of install.
Select CPU & BIOS information, under “Processor” the “Package” section will tell you what socket you have.

[Quickshot55]

FC uPGA478

the u is a wierd looking u

[liljim]

What that means is its a socket 478 however i'll leave the reccomendation to Gecko. Im not well versed in Intel products.

[Quickshot55]

If I must, i'll get a new motherboard. What do you suggest? I don't want anyhting too extreme or two expensive. I tried looking at motherboards myself but it is all gibberish to me. What are some suggestions that you might have?

[Gecko]

[Psymon]

curse dell!! and AOL!!! and all those other companys that thrive on people who don't have a good knowledge of computers!! *shakes fist*