Upgrage Help Required

ReaperSteve · Jan 4, 2014

Hello everyone

i have an old pc that i have been upgrading for a while and was wondering if someone could give me a bit of advice i only want to run this pc for the time being while i save a for a better computer i currently have this CPU - Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6420 running at 2.13 GHz ive found a few other processors i can use like this one Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850 running at 3.00 GHz if i bought the second one would i just be able to slot it where the old one is or would it not fit ?

beyondlogic · Jan 4, 2014

ReaperSteve :

that cpu isnt much of a upgrade in terms of grunt power

you can get better depending on your specs download speccy free version
http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

ReaperSteve · Jan 6, 2014

beyondlogic :

Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz 43 °C
Conroe 65nm Technology
RAM
3.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 945GM-S2 (Socket 775)
Graphics
LG TV (1024x768@60Hz)
512MB ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (ATI AIB) 37 °C
Storage
149GB Western Digital WDC WD1600JS-00NCB1 (SATA) 32 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W163A
Audio
AMD High Definition Audio Device

thats my current spec its a go between at the moment

beyondlogic · Jan 6, 2014

ReaperSteve :

beyondlogic :

Operating System
Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz 43 °C
Conroe 65nm Technology
RAM
3.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 945GM-S2 (Socket 775)
Graphics
LG TV (1024x768@60Hz)
512MB ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (ATI AIB) 37 °C
Storage
149GB Western Digital WDC WD1600JS-00NCB1 (SATA) 32 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W163A
Audio
AMD High Definition Audio Device

thats my current spec its a go between at the moment

should be a simple drop into the board depending on your revsion should be found in bios

best processor your board supports board doesnt support the 6850
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Extreme-X6800-CPU-SL9S5-2-93-GHz-4M-1066-dual-core-/140904915480?pt=CPUs&hash=item20ce966218

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core2-X6800-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E6420

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