Dell only offered the PV735N with that 866/133 I think. I'm pretty sure it's a coppermine core (reason: I don't think the Tualatin core was ever released at 866). Not sure if the motherboard would be able to support Tualatin, but I suspect it probably can't.
If the system only supports coppermine, you're limited to 1GHz P3 coppermine, or 1.1GHz Celeron coppermine.
If it will accept Tualatin, you can go up to 1.4GHz.
I'd be hard pressed to think you'll notice much of an improvement on performance by upgrading, especially if my suspision about only supporting coppermine is correct (866 to 1GHz is very little performance increase).
The 735N uses the same hardware as a PowerEdge 2450. This requires a Slot 1 processor with a 133MHz Front Side Bus. The fastest processor you can use is 933MHz, you're better off just adding a second CPU or more memory.
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If the system only supports coppermine, you're limited to 1GHz P3 coppermine, or 1.1GHz Celeron coppermine.
If it will accept Tualatin, you can go up to 1.4GHz.
I'd be hard pressed to think you'll notice much of an improvement on performance by upgrading, especially if my suspision about only supporting coppermine is correct (866 to 1GHz is very little performance increase).
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March 20th, 2006 14:00