Upgrading to an AMD Athlon ii x3 450

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Hello. I was wondering if I would have to change anything else if I wanted to change my processor from an Athlon ii x2 245 to an Athlon ii x3 450. I have researched it a little and I think it will be rather seamless but I'm just getting a confirmation. I'm just looking to get a little more processing power mainly to play emulator and some gaming. Nothing too crazy. I have a radeon 5xxx series graphics card, an asus motherboard, 2 gigs of ram (also looking to upgrade this) and a 400 watt power supply. Also I'm dual booted with windows 7 ultimate 64 but and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit. I'm definitely not spending big bucks for this upgrade but if someone else has a suggestion that would work seamlessly I would probably consider.
 
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I agree with Brunostako, but if you sure you want to stick with the 450, you should be good to go.. Just make sure your BIOS is at the correct level to support the new CPU before you make the change.

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I'm afraid though that a quad core will require possibly a bigger power supply and also I want higher GHz per core because it works better with dolphin. Let me check the motherboard specs.
 
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Asus m4a78l-m is the model. I did some looking and I think it is supported. What else do I need to know before buying and swapping? I'm not looking really to over clock even though the board supports it.
 
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The difference in power draw must be minuscule. Also, the X3 450 (that you want) and the X4 620 (for example) are both 95 W TDP (i know TDP don't measure power draw).
However, your PSU is truly a bit small for your system considering that you have a discrete GPU. I recommend upgrading it too. A certified 500 W PSU from Cooler Master or other good brands aren't that expensive and having a good PSU is safer for all your components.

Saludos desde México
 
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I agree with Brunostako, but if you sure you want to stick with the 450, you should be good to go.. Just make sure your BIOS is at the correct level to support the new CPU before you make the change.

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I'm running a Phenom X4 956 and an HD 6570 DDR5 on with a 330W PSU with no problems. Power draw from the wall never has exceeded 200W. As long as your graphics card does not need external power your PSU should be fine. If you need to upgrade you motherboard bios always do that before you install your new CPU.
 
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