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November 30th, 2009 20:00
Dimension 4600 CPU upgrade
I'm looking to upgrade the cpu on my father in laws dimension 4600 from a 2.4 GHz 533 FSB to a little faster processor. Can I use a 533 FSB or an 800 FSB? Wil the mainboard automatically adjust for either FSB? Can I use a 512k or 1Mb L2 cache? The specifications say one may use either of these configurations. However, I want to be certain about this before purchasing a processor to upgrade. Thanks for looking.
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shesagordie
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November 30th, 2009 21:00
chef jeff
The D-4600 support's Socket 478, P4 400/533/800 MHz FSB processors.
All the 4600 models will take a socket 478 CPU at 800 MHz, up to 3.0GHz and the later models 4600 will take the 3.2GHz and 3.4GHz processors, this does not offer much of a boost over the 3.0GHz.
The 4600 does automatically adjusts for the FSB and can use either a 512k [Northwood], 1mb [Prescott] L2 cache.
More upgrade info, HERE
Bev.
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December 2nd, 2009 12:00
Thanks for the reply Bev. I purchased a 2.8 prescott w/o HT. So the a12 bios will take us all the way to 3.4 northwood or prescott. Where is the bottleneck after 3.0. Memory speeds?
shesagordie
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December 2nd, 2009 13:00
chef jeff
You are welcome.
As stated in my first post, the problem is the motherboard.
Bev.
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December 21st, 2009 22:00
Bev, along the lines of this question, I wanted to know if I have the "newer" 4600 that supports the 3400 chip.
Thanks, Mike
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December 22nd, 2009 10:00
mike-tracy
A far as I know, there's only one way of finding out, is install a P4 3.4GHz processor and if it downclocks to 3.0GHz, then it's the early version of the motherboard.
Bev.