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Originally posted by Lasereth
It all depends on which motherboard you have. Most motherboards support certain front side bus maximums but not necessarily CPU clockspeed maximums. In other words, you can put most CPUs in at whichever clock speed ya want as long as the front side bus is in the range of the motherboard.
Pentium 4 motherboards support 400 MHz, 533 MHz, and 800 MHz front side buses. Intel only makes 400 MHz FSB 1.8 GHz chips, so your motherboard may only support 400 MHz FSB speeds. If that's true, Intel DOES make a 400 MHz FSB 2.6 GHz Pentium 4 which would be a hell of an increase. According to Intel's site, you should be able to put a 2.6 Ghz A core (400 MHz FSB) in your PC and it work fine. Hope this helped!
-Lasereth
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Yep. It all depends on the FSB of the chip and what the motherboard supports. Assuming they support each other, then yes, you just drop the new processor in.