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865388 2010-03-09 19:25:00 Which cpu will run hotter? A 2.0ghz Celeron or a 2.4 Pentium 4? nedkelly (9059)
865389 2010-03-09 19:38:00 Probably the P4, since the celeron will also be slower Speedy Gonzales (78)
865390 2010-03-09 19:44:00 will it be much hotter? I have a HP D530U which is running a 2.0 Celeron and was wondering if it would get much hotter if I stuck my spare 2.4 Pentium into it nedkelly (9059)
865391 2010-03-09 19:51:00 The other PC here has a 2.4 800 fsb CPU in it. Its probably not that hot right now. (around the mid 30's). Well, I cant see how hot it is, because the flatmate is on it. Only way to find out install it and check the BIOS, if its monitors the temp Speedy Gonzales (78)
865392 2010-03-09 19:53:00 Easier way: Install EVEREST Ultimate Edition (Free Trial) or Speccy (Free!)

Test for yourself and see :)

Under load, things will be different, compared to just sitting idle in the BIOS
Chilling_Silence (9)
865393 2010-03-09 20:05:00 as of right now the pc is just acting as a webserver running a forum, and also a music storage server. So probably wont make that much difference then. nedkelly (9059)
865394 2010-03-09 22:10:00 Yeah it'll be sitting pretty much idle all day, not sure it's worth even the time for the upgrade ;) Chilling_Silence (9)
865395 2010-03-10 03:39:00 Is it one of those small PCs where everything is crammed in tight and the cooling sucks?

If so, I wouldn't bother. The current level of cooling probably wouldn't be even enough for a Celeron. If your Pentium 4 is a Prescott I wouldn't go anywhere near it.

On the other hand though, a Pentium 4 will have better performance, and if the cooling is OK then I would say go for it.

The other question is will the motherboard support it? I've got an old Slot 1 board here in a Compaq which supports Celeron and nothing else (won't go higher than 66Mhz FSB)
Agent_24 (57)
865396 2010-03-10 03:58:00 hmm I think I will just leave it now nedkelly (9059)
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