At the moment i am currently going through a revamp of my Desktop PC. im thinking about buying a CPU upgrade to a Intel P4 3.0 Ghz in a socket 478 motherboard. My current specs are as follows (its quite embarrasing :S). I was just wondering whether it is worth doing it or not, i found a relativey cheap chip for $115 with the specs i wrote before.

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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 2489
Description x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.50GHz


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label Bank0/1
Capacity 1073741824

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1023MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST340015A
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 40015987200 (~37 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model USB-DISK FREEDIK-LWFORMAT USB Device
Media Type Removable media other than floppy
Size 131604480 (~0 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Port Name Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver

Name Fax
Port Name SHRFAX:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Shared Fax Driver

Name EPSON Stylus C41 Series
Port Name LPT1:
Default True
Driver Name EPSON Stylus C41 Series


Motherboard:
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Manufacturer Acer
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product L4S5MG/651+
Serial Number 987654321
Version (null)


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Name )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20030523000000.000000+000
Version AWARD - 42302e31


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 1024
Screen Width 1280

Description Default Monitor
Name Default Monitor
Screen Height
Screen Width


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description USB Human Interface Device


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name HID-compliant mouse


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer C-Media
Description C-Media AC97 Audio Device
Device ID PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_0A441019&REV_A0\3&61A AA01&0&17


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description RADEON 9600 SERIES
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6599
Driver Date 25/01/2006 1:52:32 PM
Video Mode Description 1280 x 1024 x 4294967296 colors

Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6599
Driver Date 25/01/2006 1:52:32 PM
Video Mode Description


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model SoftV92 Data Fax Modem
Name SoftV92 Data Fax Modem


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description 1394 Net Adapter
Description 1394 Net Adapter
Description 1394 Net Adapter
Description 1394 Net Adapter
Description WAN Miniport (IPX)
Description Hamachi Network Interface

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator USB

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI0
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation AGP
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The only manual that is listed for that motherboard is in Chinese.

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloa...uID=45&LanID=9

I would consult your manual. If it is Overclockable you can probably push your 2.5 to 2.8 at least.

It is difficult to answer your question without the motherboard specs which I cannot find at the moment:

http://www.google.com/search?q=L4S5M...e=utf8&oe=utf8

Personally I would go for a new motherboard.

Yeah i've kind of ditched the idea of upgrading an already outdated computer and am going for a whole revamp, probably AM2 mobo with SLI considering it will be dedicated to gaming, if only i could afford an AMD 5000 processor! Thanks for your help anyway!

Cheers!

Thanks for the update and the thanks.

Glad all is well. Let us know if we can help further in the future.

PM me if you want this thread reopened.