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i have a question about upgrading

by cage Dec 24, 2004 4:13AM PST

i have a question i want to upgrade my computer..atm i have a P4 2.0 with a gig of ram and a 9600 video card ..i was thinking about upgrading my processor...
this is a link to my motherboard http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07029&product=83505&dlc=en&lang=en# hope it works... can anyone tell me if there is a new processor i can use..and if its worth the price or if i should get more ram...or a better video card... thank you much

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Upgrade possibilities

by JMarchi Dec 25, 2004 12:05AM PST

It is very unlikely you would be able to get a processor that is noticeably faster.

It uses the slower memory PC1600-PC2100, which is almost unused today (PC3200 or PC4200 with DDR2 is the latest).

You have so much memory that adding more is not going to even be noticeable.

Your system is topped out, anything you do besides replace it will pretty much get you nowhere, at least by saying no where ...what I mean is you won't really notice any performance change.

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Topped out

by jcrobso Dec 28, 2004 1:13AM PST

P4 mother boards are designed for a specfic processor group, note the types of processors that your MB wil support. The newer P4 types will not work in it. John

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