upgrading this pc

satellite07

i have a hp pc m7580.uk media centre ..
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documentSubCategory?rule=35375&lc=en&cc=ie&dlc=en&product=3214123&lang=en

i have added an additional 2gb ram. i was wondering what upgrade processor will my pc take and will it make much of an improvement?

from the specs i gathered it supports,

Supports the following processors:
Pentium D 800 series (Smithfield)
Pentium 4 600 series (Prescott)
Pentium 4 HT (Prescott)
do i need to change any jumper settings if i upgrade processor?

my current cpu is :

Base processor
PentiumD 940 (P) DC 3.2 GHz
800 MHz front side bus
Socket 775



Motherboard manufacturer's name: ASUS P5LP-LE
HP/Compaq name: Emery2-UL8E
CPU/Processor Socket: 775
Supports the following processors:
Pentium D 800 series (Smithfield)
Pentium 4 600 series (Prescott)
Pentium 4 HT (Prescott)
System bus 533 MHz, 800 MHz, 1066 MHz
Chipset Northbridge: Intel 945P
Southbridge: Intel ICH7DH
BIOS features 4 Mb FWH EEPROM
HP BIOS with enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, and PnP Features Plus
Form factor Micro-ATX: 9.6 in X 9.6 in
Memory Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Supports PC2 3200 (400 MHz), PC 4200 (533 MHz) and PC2 5300 (667 MHz) DDR2 DIMMs
Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory is 4 GB*

NOTE: *Actual available memory may be less

Expansion slots Three PCI
One PCI Express x16 graphics
Video graphics External only
Serial ATA 4 SATA connectors
Each connector supports 1 serial ATA-150 disk drive
Onboard audio or audio card Integrated Intel High Definition (TM) audio (Azalia)
Realtek ALC 882 CODEC
Supports up to 8 audio channels
Dolby Pro Logic IIx compatible
Onboard LAN Intel 82562GT
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet
Back panel I/0 One PS/2 keyboard port (purple)
One PS/2 mouse port (green)
One Parallel
One IEEE 1394a
One RJ-45 networking port
Four USB 2.0
One coaxial SPDIF in
One coaxial SPDIF out
Audio ports:
line in (light blue)
line out (lime)
microphone (pink)
side speaker out (gray)
rear speaker out (black)
center/subwoofer (yellow orange)
Internal connectors One floppy connector
One IDE connector
One 24-pin ATX power connector
One 4-pin ATX 12 V power connector
Four serial ATA connectors
One IEEE 1394a connector
Two USB 2.0 connectors
One CPU fan connector
One PC (chassis) fan connector
Two internal audio connectors
One front headphone connector
One PC panel connector

highlydebased

You can put any CPU in it with an LGA775 socket (IE Core2Duo etc).


But if it only supports 800mhz bus it could only take a Core2Duo E4400 or 4500

satellite07

Neon-Circles wrote: »

You can put any CPU in it with an LGA775 socket (IE Core2Duo etc).


But if it only supports 800mhz bus it could only take a Core2Duo E4400 or 4500

thanks for the replies,
would upgrading to the 4500 chip make much difference in speed compared to my current chip?

would i notice any difference? also would i need to change jumpers on the motherboard?

highlydebased

A 4500 would have a noticable difference over a Pentium D in my opinion. I suppose it would depend on how you notice difference etc, everyone is different lol!


No dont think mobo would need jumper adjustment. Someone else should clarify.

TerrorFirmer

Depends on what you do with your PC? Pentium D is outdated but still sufficent for most things, but there would be a peformance increase, plus you have other benefits like less power, less heat. All you have to do is insert the new cpu, nothing else.