Robert Myers wrote:
s.

You haven't really provided enough information. Intel has called
so
many different things "Pentium" by now that there is no way of knowing
what's in the computer your child was given.

Same problem with "Core 2," which spans a wide range of chips with
differing capabilities.

I just gave away a 3GHz single-core P4 box because it was annoyingly
slow even to bother with compared to a Core 2 E8200 sitting right
next
to it.

So the answer to your question is "maybe," depending on what's in
the
box you have now, what you're considering replacing it with, and what
the replacement would cost.

Robert.

further:
it has Pentium E5200 Wolfdale which is dual 2.5 GHz/2 MB/800 MHz
I don't know if it is SLB9T or SLAY7
It does not do hyperthreading.
I believe Intel did put out a few "Pentiums" with a faster FSB that
would not be worth upgrading, but it is not one of those.
The mainboard has Nvidia 9300 chipset. It allows for FSB up to 1333 MHz,
but the fastest memory listed as an option is PC2-6400, so I ponder
if a faster CPU-northbridge frequency will help if the memory bandwidth
is already on the plateau.
Supposedly it supports Core Duo E4??? and E7???
I have a friend in the trade who considers these "obsolete" and will
sell them to me for a peppercorn, however he only seems to have the
slower end of the spectrum in his clearance bin.