need help with cpu upgrade

[bigmick314]

i have a dell dimension 8200 p4 2.26 GHz 533 fsb with the 850 chipset. i would like to upgrade my cpu. can anyone give me a guarntee that a 2.8 GHz 533 fsb will function with no problems.
thanx

 

[Foxie3a]

I wouldn't upgrade for those 600mhz more. I would get a better motherboard. A better motherboard would help you in upgrading a LOT more, and give you better performance in general.

 

[AzN_LuvER_4_LyF]

Whach out for your PSU, most dell PSUs have a missing pin on the 20-pin ATX connector in order to stop people from switching parts. Check that out before you upgrade your mobo.

 

[NoteUser]

The motherboard otherwise known as "mainboard" is the key to unlocking performance.

Get a nice 875 chipset board and at least a good set of DDR400 with aggresive timming. Everything else try and salvage unless you want a better processor and run SATA RAID with ICH5R, the dell hard drive you could use for storage.

 

[FIZZ3]

The 850E at 133 Mhz is still decent. I'd get a 3.06- the max 533Mhz bus chip and it's got HT. Goes relatively cheaply too these days. It will work, but update the BIOS on your board.