New here- Ordered a Q6600 from Newegg for my CPU changeover. Ran into some problems being a NOOB!
I have an older DELL 9100 dimension sys. I want to upgrade the Mobo so that a Q6600 will work. Apparently, even though the system has a 775 socket the BIOS may not work with the DELL Bios config ( or it limits to the orig Pent D 820.
I have a few questions:
1. What's a decent Mobo ( assuming Dell orig X8582 is an ATX) to use the Q6600 ( which I had already ordered).
2. The HDD's I have, and all my programs... do I need to reinstall all those with having a new mobo? Licensing reasons?
I have a gamut of Adobe CS3, Premiere, Audio programs ( all retail versions btw) I do not want to lose.
3. Will the mother board swap not affect these programs? or is it just the added hardware I have I'll have to reinstall drivers etc.
Additional hardware: 8500GT Vid card, Firewire ext ports PCI, EMu 1212m PCi audio cards.
I'm told the Q6600 will do wonders for working on Video and Audio programs and that is what I am going for. Not a gamer.
The orig Pent D in the Dell has got me by, but maybe I can upgrade this since I already bought the Q6600.
Thanks
I have an older DELL 9100 dimension sys. I want to upgrade the Mobo so that a Q6600 will work. Apparently, even though the system has a 775 socket the BIOS may not work with the DELL Bios config ( or it limits to the orig Pent D 820.
I have a few questions:
1. What's a decent Mobo ( assuming Dell orig X8582 is an ATX) to use the Q6600 ( which I had already ordered).
2. The HDD's I have, and all my programs... do I need to reinstall all those with having a new mobo? Licensing reasons?
I have a gamut of Adobe CS3, Premiere, Audio programs ( all retail versions btw) I do not want to lose.
3. Will the mother board swap not affect these programs? or is it just the added hardware I have I'll have to reinstall drivers etc.
Additional hardware: 8500GT Vid card, Firewire ext ports PCI, EMu 1212m PCi audio cards.
I'm told the Q6600 will do wonders for working on Video and Audio programs and that is what I am going for. Not a gamer.
The orig Pent D in the Dell has got me by, but maybe I can upgrade this since I already bought the Q6600.
Thanks