Saturday, January 4, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dell GX240 CPU Upgrade??

 

On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 02:09:11PM -0500, Hal wrote:
>
> Greetings: Anyone familiar with upgrading a Dell GX240 Desktop to a faster
> CPU than the existing 478 socket Pentium 4, 1.6gHz, Brookdale 1gB RAM??
>
>
> The Dell is presently streaming good on YouTube with CertOS6.3 and the QtWeb
> browser but marginal at 360p with a few artifacts and much out of audio
> sync, using a Dell AGP DVI video card and DVI monitor..
>
> I also wonder if upping the CPU speed would be better, or are there other
> more important parameters??

Depending upon how much you want to spend, you might be better off
upgrading the motherboard AND processor.

Another, easier option, _might_ be to upgrade RAM and see if that helps.

As I haven't played with a processor upgrade to a GX240, I can't be much
more help, I'm afraid.

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