Installing celeron processor

AshutoshM · Feb 28, 2011, 01:16 PM

Hello! I have a Pentium 3 processor 866Mhz. I want to install a celeron processor into my mobo. My cpmputer specs are here:
HotShare - Viewing Specs.JPG

I want to know that can I install a celeron. I am buying a celeron and that I am getting for very very cheap rates as it is used processor.
Here are my choices:
1. Intel CELERON D 2.93GHz/256/533 SL7Q9 CPU Processor
(link: eBay India: Intel CELERON D 2.93GHz/256/533 SL7Q9 CPU Processor (item 120681270862 end time 08-Mar-2011 15:07:14 IST))

2.Intel Celeron 331 cpu LGA 775 2.66 GHz
(link: eBay India: Intel Celeron 331 CPU LGA 775 2.66 GHz Used Warranty (item 110650881379 end time 20-Mar-2011 23:52:27 IST))

Which one should I install and how?
Thanks in advance.

I have this(below) kind of processor. But, the celeron I am planning to buy looks different. Will that fit in my mobo or are they same?
This is not my actual PC photo. This is just an example.

See images:
1. http://www.fonerbooks.com/replace/cpu_4.jpg
2. http://www.fonerbooks.com/replace/cpu_13.jpg

mkk · Feb 28, 2011, 01:45 PM

You'll need a new motherboard and RAM as well. There aren't any newer CPU's that fit with your current one. You could get a motherboard with integrated graphics to avoid having to pay for a new graphics card right away as well. In truth you're probably best off saving up for a whole new system given the age of the parts you have now. Sorry.

blibbax · Feb 28, 2011, 02:56 PM

As said above, you won't be able to fit any modern parts into that system, and upgrading your motherboard to accomodate a new processor would involve upgrading many (if not all) other components too.

Matth · Feb 28, 2011, 04:36 PM

The Pentium 3 is socket370 - and even if you found a later (Tulatin core) Pentium 3, the motherboard may not support the lower core voltage - There were celeron models based on Tulatin core as well.

Practically, Socket370 is so "legacy" that any spare parts would be rare and highly overpriced because of it.

blibbax · Feb 28, 2011, 05:05 PM

PC hardware to fit elderly systems is always prohibitvley expensive, and, of course, extremely slow.

Feb 28, 2011, 01:16 PM	#1
AshutoshM Woody Heavens Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bhilwara (India) Posts: 48 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Installing celeron processor Hello! I have a Pentium 3 processor 866Mhz. I want to install a celeron processor into my mobo. My cpmputer specs are here: HotShare - Viewing Specs.JPG I want to know that can I install a celeron. I am buying a celeron and that I am getting for very very cheap rates as it is used processor. Here are my choices: 1. Intel CELERON D 2.93GHz/256/533 SL7Q9 CPU Processor (link: eBay India: Intel CELERON D 2.93GHz/256/533 SL7Q9 CPU Processor (item 120681270862 end time 08-Mar-2011 15:07:14 IST)) 2.Intel Celeron 331 cpu LGA 775 2.66 GHz (link: eBay India: Intel Celeron 331 CPU LGA 775 2.66 GHz Used Warranty (item 110650881379 end time 20-Mar-2011 23:52:27 IST)) Which one should I install and how? Thanks in advance. I have this(below) kind of processor. But, the celeron I am planning to buy looks different. Will that fit in my mobo or are they same? This is not my actual PC photo. This is just an example. See images: 1. http://www.fonerbooks.com/replace/cpu_4.jpg 2. http://www.fonerbooks.com/replace/cpu_13.jpg Last edited by AshutoshM; Feb 28, 2011 at 01:55 PM.

Feb 28, 2011, 01:45 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Installing celeron processor You'll need a new motherboard and RAM as well. There aren't any newer CPU's that fit with your current one. You could get a motherboard with integrated graphics to avoid having to pay for a new graphics card right away as well. In truth you're probably best off saving up for a whole new system given the age of the parts you have now. Sorry.

Feb 28, 2011, 02:56 PM	#3
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,230 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: Installing celeron processor As said above, you won't be able to fit any modern parts into that system, and upgrading your motherboard to accomodate a new processor would involve upgrading many (if not all) other components too. __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Feb 28, 2011, 04:36 PM	#4
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Re: Installing celeron processor The Pentium 3 is socket370 - and even if you found a later (Tulatin core) Pentium 3, the motherboard may not support the lower core voltage - There were celeron models based on Tulatin core as well. Practically, Socket370 is so "legacy" that any spare parts would be rare and highly overpriced because of it. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Feb 28, 2011, 05:05 PM	#5
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,230 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: Installing celeron processor PC hardware to fit elderly systems is always prohibitvley expensive, and, of course, extremely slow. __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!