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| Thread ID: 34844 | 2003-06-25 10:35:00 | upgrade cpu or new board | holden (2488) | Press F1 |
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| 155046 | 2003-06-25 10:35:00 | my computer is 2 years old and i would like to upgrade my cpu is a 755 duron and i can only go up to a 1gh cpu which an,t much of a boast can i put a new motherboard with a new cpu, is this going to cause probs plus later i would like a new video card geforce4 maybe and sound card etc and am on a buget so it will be over time i have looked at pricespy.co.nz but don,t know where to start any ideas |
holden (2488) | ||
| 155047 | 2003-06-25 10:51:00 | If you are not happy with merely upgrading the CPU, then yes you will need to upgrade your motherboard as well as the CPU. Just about everything these days is backward compatible, so everything should work with all of your existing, older components. The only point you will need to be sure of is your memory. While SDRAM slots are backwards compatible, ie if the board supports up to 133MHz, and your sticks are only 100MHz thats fine, but there are some boards out there that support ONLY the newer DDR RAM, and if you buy one of these, you would have to upgrade your RAM as well. The offside to that, is that if you buy one that ONLY supports SDRAM, then you will never be able to use the newer DDR RAM when you can afford to update it. Given current prices, I would recommend upgrading your CPU, Motherboard and RAM. P4 is likely to allow a new motherboard to remain useable for longer, as AMD's new range of processors use different sockets to the Athlon XP. Iain |
Iain Walmsley (3372) | ||
| 155048 | 2003-06-25 11:09:00 | You can often get fairly good bargain complete box upgrades offered by your local dealers, which would remove the hassle of do it yourself. Ask around some of your local computer shops, I dont mean Farmers, Harvey Norman, or that sort of store, but your small local shop. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 155049 | 2003-06-25 11:11:00 | You don't mention what you expect in the way of performance from your PC - i.e. why do you need to upgrade? For everyday use, the 750 Duron is still a very usable machine as long as you have enough RAM. | JohnD (509) | ||
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