new processor

[shrimpy]

hey guys and gals, i want to upgrade my processor.

i currently have an AMD Athlon 64 processor, 2.00 GHz, 1 GB of Ram.

how do I make sure my mother board and power supply is compatiable with a new one?

i was thinking of buying the AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0 GHz 2MB Cache Dual Core Processor

but i dont want to buy it and find out my current components can't handle it.

cheers and looking forward to suggests

*shrimpy*

[ETc|T!BaL**]

Hi Shrimpy!

Beware of the socket, the same on motherboard n processor.

But after...that's all folks!

Tib

[Frog#]

Make sure it will be ok with ur motherboard. And check how much power do u need for that CPU.

Or tell me what motherboard u have with all u have on it

[shrimpy]

Make sure it will be ok with ur motherboard. And check how much power do u need for that CPU.

Or tell me what motherboard u have with all u have on it

heres some details about it

CPU Properties

CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
CPU Alias ClawHammer-512
CPU Stepping CG
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache 64 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, Full-Speed)

CPUID Properties

CPUID Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
CPUID CPU Name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
CPUID Revision: 0F4Ah
Extended CPUID Revision: 0F4Ah
Platform ID: CCh (Socket 754)
IA CPU Serial Number Unknown

Motherboard Properties

Motherboard ID 07/29/2005-K8M800-8237-6A7L1M4FC-00
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties

Bus Type AMD Hammer
Real Clock 200 MHz
Effective Clock 200 MHz

Memory Bus Properties

Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties

Bus Type VIA V-Link
Bus Width 16-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (ODR)
Effective Clock 533 MHz
Bandwidth 1067 MB/s

hopefully most of that will mean more to your than me lol, im great with the software knowledge of computers, not so great when it comes to the hardware.

cheers

*shrimpy*

[Frog#]

Uhm I need ur motherboard name not id

download everest home edition and give me name of your motherboard

[shrimpy]

i used AID32 the first time but it didnt give me a name

Motherboard Name MSI K8MM-V (MS-7142)

[Frog#]

U will not be able to plug in ur CPU. Ur motherboard have socket 754 and CPU u want require am2+ and/or am3


Sorry m8

[shrimpy]

dang, thats the reason im checking these things out before i buy one.

do u have any recommendations of CPU's that would fit my motherboard, still possibly 3.0 GHz or a more upgraded one.

[Frog#]

It will be better if u will just colect more money and buy new pc. What is ur RAM and graphics card?

[shrimpy]

i have a geforce fx5500 256mb graphics card

and a 1gb ram with a physical address extension

[Frog#]

Well all u can do is try to upgrade ur graphics card and ram