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OptimusPavlos1

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Hello guys after upgrading my graphics card to a 7750 I want to upgrade my x2 250 Athlon to Athlon x4 or a phenom x4. My mobo says it has an am3 socket and the x4's have fm2 sockets, do I need to change my mobo? My mobo is an asrock N68-GS3-UCC
I hope I am not wasting your time I don't think they are compatible but hey just want to make sure and spend unnecessary money, also is it possible to upgrade to any quad with this motherboard? |If not the plz recommend a cheap fm2 mother board.
Thank you in advance!


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OptimusPavlos1

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Thanks allot but this says N68-S3-UCC instead of N68-GS3-UCC But I guess they have the same socket so thank you
 
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Here ya go.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.84 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £134.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-28 12:20 GMT+0000)



Stretching the budget a bit, but here is an i5 option as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.09 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £159.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-28 12:21 GMT+0000)
 
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Thanks allot mate but this would mean re-installing windows which came with the pc. lso again that's for the suggestion but I have a 32 bit so realistically what's the point of upgrading id I can only ever have 3gb rams on applications. Again thanks for the effort but there is no cheap solution here...

 
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Better than what you have, and offers an upgrade path to a better CPU later on.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3420 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£44.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.09 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £147.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-28 12:29 GMT+0000)
 
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Thanks I will look into it

 
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After considering your very helpful answers for a while I have decided to stick with what I have till I have the money for a new build (maybe pc specialist) I just don't think I have the experience and knowledge for this task, the hardest thing I have ever done is replace cpu fan and install gpu. Also apparently installing a new windows may actually delete data (this wasn't the thing that made my mind up). I really don't want to screw up so I will just wait and save up money, again thanks for all the effort.
 
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Thanks for your time I will take your thoughts to consideration, when I make my mind up I will post here, until then thanks and adios!
 
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