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what upgrades can i do for MB Nf-ck804

Jun 20, 2011 8:11AM PDT

When i bought this i spent around 1700$ for and was the fastest i could buy and i think i want to up grade the processor and Video card. From what i have seen i can put a duel core chip in there and i would hate to buy something and it not fit or work cause i'm a noob on computer ID's and what not. if any one can help me get a core processor and video card that would upgrade my system with out spending way to much money. on unemployment atm Sad

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About the CPU.
Jun 20, 2011 9:12AM PDT

For that I head to the motherboard maker's page for the board and see what their CPU LIST has to offer. Then off to tomshardware.com's CPU CHARTS and see if I can buy that CPU.

As to the Computer ID, why not http://www.piriform.com/speccy and such?
Bob

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forgot to add few things ...
Jun 20, 2011 2:51PM PDT

when i bought this computer it was around 10 yrs ago and i have already upgrade my Ram and had to buy a new video card but i bought the same or close to what i had. The thing i dont know about is some video cards are saying DDR2/3/4/5 ..... and seen a nice one with 1g memory and was a DDR3 i think ... does it matter if i get a DDR3 or would i have to stay with DDR2... also i have a single chip CPU and wondering about the duel chip how can i tell how many prongs, size , Mhrz or what ever ..

link to MB http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1860#ov

in that link says about my video card




PCI Express Interface

Revolutionary PCI Express interface provides scalable bandwidth for
multi-purpose usage. PCI-E x16 interface doubles the bandwidth of
graphics interface of previous generation thus delivering the utmost
gaming experience. PCI-E x1interface provides twice the bandwidth of PCI
interface up to 250MB/s for new generation I/O peripheral devices.


does this mean i can only go up to 250mb video card?

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Pay now or later
Jun 21, 2011 12:58AM PDT

Video- The various DDR/DDR3/DD4, etc. are wholly within the video or GPU card. As long as the proper video slot is used for that card, it's OK. You did mention this was an old system and I though it supports any of the newer video cards that are PCI-e, maybe AGP is OK, but again the manual or docs should clearly explain that. If the video card link you supplies is correct and is your card type, then you know what to get to fit in the video slot. Also, understand since this is an old PC, you get yourself locked-in by the PC specs and any $$$ spend maybe better on a newer system. Though, the new video card if gotten should be swapped to new system(hoping).

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one more question Willy
Jun 21, 2011 8:03AM PDT

Thanks so much for the info Willy i will look into getting a new MB / cpu installed already... quick question if your still around. If I find one that has them together like that other then taking out my old MB, cpufan and taking off what ever is needed to swap it out, would i have to reinstall windows? hear someing thing about flashing MB or Nukeing it or doign something when you swap them out . Or is there ones now that you just put in and put all your other stuff in and trun it on Happy

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In regards on that...
Jun 22, 2011 8:34AM PDT

While it may not be necessary, a bios update is a good bet on some of the newer mtrbds. out there. Though, you need to check to see what is current. Say for instance the rev. level bios#2 and the latest one is bios bios#4, then it maybe worthwhile to get. Of course knowing it actually what does will increase the likelihood its needed, regardless.

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Thanks again Willy
Jun 22, 2011 9:02AM PDT

Thanks so much for your time and info Willy, you have helped alot and will do some price checking for mtrbds / cpu / video card and hard drive... almost a new computer *winks* Happy