I want to upgrade my amd athlon 64 ii x4 635 processor to a 8 core. Is this possible with my Mother boardB?

mad555

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Hello,
I want to upgrade my 6 yr old CPU without changing the MB. I want to change just the processor and ram if needed. I have a amd athlon 64 ii x4 635 on the ASRock K10N78 Mother Board,4GB of DDR2 RAM. I want to replace the quad core with an 8 core processor and upgrade my RAM if you recommend. I am not that CPU savvy but I do know how to replace all the parts. I just do not know what parts to get. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction on what processor and ram I should purchase. I just want to be able to surf the net very fast, have up to 7-8 programs open at one time. Some video and picture editing. I do not care about the graphics. I just want speed. I am will to spend around $300 on the RAM and processor. Thank you for any help
 
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You can't just upgrade the cpu to 8 cores w/o change the MB, because your MB can't support the FX 8 series cpu. Here is the cpu support list http://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/K10N78/?cat=CPU If you can find like the cpu Phenom II X6 or Phenom II X4, then get it because those cpu are still good for game.

If you have $300 and need the 8 cores cpu, but you need to change the MB. here is the list
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nNsCZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nNsCZL/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($136.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.89 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($61.99 @ Newegg)...
You can't just upgrade the cpu to 8 cores w/o change the MB, because your MB can't support the FX 8 series cpu. Here is the cpu support list http://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/K10N78/?cat=CPU If you can find like the cpu Phenom II X6 or Phenom II X4, then get it because those cpu are still good for game.

If you have $300 and need the 8 cores cpu, but you need to change the MB. here is the list
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nNsCZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nNsCZL/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($136.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.89 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $293.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-09 22:46 EDT-0400
 
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mad555

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Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess I am going to have to replace the mother board. I just did not want to have to do all the work of replacing the mother board and all the pieces but since you gave me a detailed plan to do so, I am more comfortable. Thanks again.