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Upgrading homebuilt

by rmdial Feb 9, 2010 5:15AM PST

Current config:
Intel Pentium 4 541 Prescott 3.2GHz LGA 775 84W Single-Core Processor Model BX80547PG3200EK

ASUS P5GPL-X SE LGA 775 Intel 915PL ATX Intel Motherboard

Kingston 2 gig RAM

I want to upgrade to WIN7 and have at least 4gig RAM but need to save money. Can I use the Intel processor I currently have and upgrade to new MB and RAM. I have looked at the:

ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard and wondered if my current CPU will work.

I am not a power user or gamer. I have always gone to moderate CPU in exchange for more RAM. Like Intel and ASUS products.

Any other suggestions appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Soapy

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Let's be frank, honest.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 9, 2010 5:30AM PST

A new motherboard with that CPU will get you so little speed that I'll write "don't do it man!"

And we tested 7 on 512MB and it ran. It ran well on 1GB and you have double that. Why not stand pat and wait till you can really move out?
Bob

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Time to decide....

by Willy Feb 9, 2010 9:50PM PST

If the purpose of the upgrade is to use win7, then yes you can get it to work. However, you may not like the results. The win7 system needs 2gb just to be real happy. Even if your system is capable you're still dealing with an older system and for all intends and purposes you've bottleneck yourself. Win7, while better than Vista, it needs that 2gb, better video and duo-cpu overall to really shine. Essentially, you've reached a critical point to either decide to leave well enough alone and get the newer stuff to include cpu and mtrbd. of the latest generation. On top of all this if you buy to upgrade the old system, you may not be able swap usable parts to newer system as they are incompatible like the ram, etc., though you need to verify that once you head into that direction. In other words, the $ spend maybe better done with overall new system.

tada -----Willy