Processor Upgrade

[SufferWell1396]

my computer, well, the motherboard is an OEM one. an Asus P4B-LA, it shipped with my HP Pavilion 7955.
it has a P4 1.5 GHz on a processor 478.
so how high could i upgrade?

[George Hallam]

after a quick Google looks like a 2.6Ghz is your limit...

not sure how much you pay for one

just looked on ebay these two will work

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-P4-2-6-2-6Ghz-512-400-478-Northwood-CPU-SL6PP_W0QQitemZ180173817715QQihZ008QQcategoryZ1429 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-2-6GHz-CPU-socket-478-FSB400-SL6VV-PROCESER_W0QQitemZ290173679625QQihZ019QQcategoryZ8 6716QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[saphalline]

Uhhh...

Socket 478 is just as dead as Socket A and Socket 754. Give up on it! The best of the best for that platform was frickin' NetBurst! :eek:

I say leave it alone and turn it into a secondary Linux box. Not worth the cost to upgrade.