[gully2005]

at the moment i have a pentium 4 2.8ghz 400fsb 512L2 s478

i'm thinking about getting new chip and mobo
will the celeron D 2.66 run betteR?

[Trifid]

No, it will not. The celeron is below the P4 in processing power and cache.

[gully2005]

well my computer has no thermal paste.. so its running really hot for no reason so i just thinking about upgrading to that one, coz its got faster fsb? and better socket? plus emt64

[Trifid]

Do you have a thermal pad instead? As it would overheat badly w/o anything, as there isn't complete contact between the CPU and heatsink.

(why not get some artic silver 5, its hardly expensive.)

And FSB doesn't matter, it is how it performs in benchtests.

[PZEROFGH]

P4>celeron

and somekind of thermal paste, pad, tape or anything is needed especially on a p4

[gully2005]

nah i cbf thermal paste.. $20 for a good one then its all the way in the city.. i juz need a new comp l ol
will the celeron D 2.66 still be able to run alota stuff?

[Trifid]

You are spending more money on a worse processor! You don't even need the expensive stuff. I got some cheap Akasa thermal compound, as I couldn't find my AS5, and I didn't want to wait for a new syringe to be delivered.

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

seriously. You're downgrading for more money. All you need is a good way to transfer heat.

Ryan

[socav]

I took the heatsink off my CPU and there was all this grey stuff on it. So I rubbed a little off. Then I realized it might be important, so I stopped. Now I know it's important. So if I'm missing some paste, is that bad? Do I need to cover the entire surface area of the processor?

[gully2005]

ok.. but my chip is really scratched coz i pva it last time. LOL
it just gets really hot and it always goes 100% for programs that shouldnt
kk thx i'll just get some cheap thermal paste