Is it possible to use Pentium 3 866Mhz and Pentium 3 733Mhz the same time on Dell Precision 220 motherboard?
Will it have any conflicts at all?
2007-06-28 12:45:21 · 6 answers · asked by musicmania_12 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
No, it will not work.
Dual processor motherboards must have two identical CPU's.
2007-06-28 12:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by The Psycho 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That computer is over 7 years old. There comes a time when it makes no sense to upgrade and this is it.
Get a new one at Dell Outlet
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventorySearch?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh
System Price:$429.00
Dimension E521 Small Mini-Tower:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ (2.1 GHz)
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHz (2 DIMMs)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
250 GB EIDE SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
56K DataFax ModemCertified
10/100 Ethernet port standard
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
Microsoft Works 8.5Hardware Upgrade
Dell A225 Speakers
USB Keyboard
Dell Optical USB 2-button Mouse
Onboard sound and video
No monitor
2007-06-28 13:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really don't want to mix processor speeds, the timing of the entire system will be off. If you want dual processors they need to be the same. You can even order "matched" pairs which is the way to go (don't know if you can still find matched 866's but ebay would be a good start)
2007-06-28 12:51:23 · answer #3 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck no. Definitely not worth $220. My friend has an old P3 laptop with XP and he still uses it very lightly for word processing and what not, but otherwise it's useless. It's probably worth around $150 at best.
2016-05-22 01:36:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Won't work! You might try going to Weirdstuff.com, and look thru their used processor 'pulls'. Probably cost $9.95 a piece for two matched 1GHZ or so, check it out,(don't mind the name, they just sell good used computer parts, have bought a few mobo's, and cpu's to play with, all good!|) If you're looking to build a dual processor unit to do anything like todays dual core computers, forget it! But if you just ran into sum parts, and want to play, and learn, I understand!
2007-06-28 14:45:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello
The processors must be the same frequency, cache memory size and series. So don't try mixing them up, they won`t work.
2007-06-28 12:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by mihai.dobos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋