Dell Dimension 4700 vs. MCP73VT-PM

[GreenAce92]

Hello,

A friend gave me these two computers to try and use.

After some trouble getting the MCP to start, I took down some details:

Intel Celeron 420 @ 1.6 GHz

L2 Cache is 512 KB

Dimension 4700 has

Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz
L2 Cache is 1 MB

Can I obviously conclude that the Dimension 4700 is superior?

Perhaps the MCP can support a dual core processor?

I realize these machines are ancient but it was a gesture of good _____ (faith or will?)

Anyway,

I'd appreciate some input.

Also this is my primary question:

The Dimension 4700 has 4 slots for RAM, supposedly it can support at maximum 4 GB. I currently have 3 GB in there, one 2GB and the other one 1 GB.... which makes me wonder... why can it read 2 GB in one slot? I am thinking that the board has a different version for 64 bit possibly that can read 8 ? Is it better to have 4 1GB or just 2 2GB?

Also the bios says memory speed is 533 MHz but a post online said that it can only read 266 MHz so it will be slowed down. Any thoughts on that?

 

[GreenAce92]

Yeah so the manual says "... 1 GB Non-ecc" memory capacity which I have a 2GB in a slot which is fully recognized so BIOS and the Computer Properties screen say 3 GB of RAM.

So should I opt to get an additional 2 GB ram or three more 1 GB ram?

That's why I believe this motherboard could support 8 GB possibly on a 64 bit architecture but I don't know...

http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/a...ktops/dimension-4700_owner's manual_en-us.pdf

 

[beers]

1) Yes, #2 is superior
2) They didn't make any dual core 478 CPUs, so no.

 

[GreenAce92]

thanks for your response, I'll use this computer temporarily for like a month or so then opt for a new quad build. A member has suggested a build for asked price.

Anyway thank you.