Help with processor identification

[Pugs250]

Hello i have another question,. I have a dimension 4600 with a 2.66 p4 non hyper thred
my manual says that my motherboard supports ht processors. so my question is can i put this p4 3.4 ht processor in my motherboard
ive checked with dell and this is what they say:
Microprocessor type
Intel® Pentium® 4 that runs at 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, or 3.0 GHz internally and 800 MHz externally; or 2.26, 2.4, 2.53, 2.666, 2.8, or 3.06 GHz internally and 533 MHz externally.

Level 1 (L1) cache
8 KB first-level

Level 2 (L2) cache
512-KB (displayed in the system setup program) pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM

now,.. as i look at other processors at intel.com they have a 3.4 that supports my chipset
Frome dell.com
System Information
System chip set
Intel 865PE 865pe
DMA channels
eight
Interrupt levels
24 APIC mode
System BIOS chip
4 Mb (512 KB)
System clock
533- or 800-MHz data rate
Check this link out and pleas give me some feedback,, http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showchart. ... ture=en-US
I think this should fit unless dell limited processor types to make more money on there systems

I know most of you think i should chuck this system right out the window but i guess its sentamentle to me.
spending alittle to make it faster doesent bother me really,, besids i have my new computer comin already well atleast the mobo anyway..

the only descrepincy i can see is the 1mb l2 cache and my manual says 512 l2 cache
PLeas any info is nice thanks,.... Pugs

[stev]

That CPU sounds like an Intel Northwood.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Cores/Northwood.html

Due note though, the later higher clocked Northwoods had the hyper-threading. These were clocked at 3.0Ghz and higher. The slowerNorthwoods didn't have hyper-threading.

Download CPU-Z, run the sofware to check out more information dealing with this CPU.

It's a good CPU to do F@H with.

[martini161]

hmm, if that is an early p4 it is probably a socket 462 (or is it 492? one of those) and i think the later p4s were lga 775

[DMB2000uk]

Download and run CPUZ, then copy the info from that (like socket type, bus speed, etc) so we can know for sure what CPU (inc type) you have, and if that other P4 compares.

There could be the problem that the BIOS isn't programmed for the new CPU, but if it is the same as the old one, just faster, it should work as an 'unknown' cpu anyway.

Dan

[hnzw_rui]

hmm, if that is an early p4 it is probably a socket 462 (or is it 492? one of those) and i think the later p4s were lga 775

That would be socket 478.

@Pugs250
Do you have a direct link to the processor you are planning to buy? That would help us more in determining whether there might be incompatibilities.