I'm using an HP ze4900 to learn about upgrading and building. I want to do a modest upgrade on it, but I'm not sure what the motherboard will be able to handle. I can't find any specific information about it. Also I just learned of bottlenecking. How do I figure out if my cpu and graphics card and so on will work together efficiently? I don't want to waste money buying upgraded components that don't jive w/ the others or that the motherboard can't use the full power of.
How do I know what components my motherboard will support
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Danbuscus25
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well, any modern mobo will support any gpu there is, and it will support any cpu that is the same socket (usually). is this a laptop? thats all that came up in google, and if it is a laptop, you cant really upgrade it.
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well, you need a well-matched cpu and gpu, with enough ram and power. do you have a budget in mind?
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($54.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $524.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 23:41 EDT-0400
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($54.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $524.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 23:41 EDT-0400
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