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i was wondering if you could upgrade to a new conroe chip with a much older motherboard. i myself have a amd 
and im pretty clueless when it comes to intels, but two of my friends have older intel setups and are not quite satisfied. one of them has a motherboard that is quite old (agp and ddr, but i dont know the chipset), and the other one is quite recent (less than a year, but still dont know the chipset).
would it be possible for either of them to upgrade to conroe with nothing more than a bios upgrade? if so, would there be any problems with doing so?
| Quote : I don't like those boards, simply because of the whole performance limiting factor you mentioned. |
You're right, but for only $85 Canadian...it's a good cheap way for those of us without a lot of money. You can upgrade components as you go, even if it takes up to a year. That's usually how i upgrade...not everything at once. Even though it's not a real enthusiast board, i'm glad to see ASRock releasing these. Coupled with a E6300, you could conceivably have a Core2Duo setup underway for probably ~$300-$330 CAD from a s939 system, or s478...and still outperform them. 
http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] ure=ASRock
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