I need help with motherboard cpu support

[drmolerat]

my gf has the MSI K9N6SGM-V motherboard and i saw that new was selling it with an athlonII cpu. i was just wondering which ones, if any, that it supports

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1086&maincat_no=1
CPU support list there, as far as my knowledge goes, it wont be able to run at athlon II CPU

 

[drmolerat]

ok so if it only offers the 64 x2 cpus then would it be worth it to upgrade from a x2 4200 to a x2 5600. i just really dont wanna shell out the money 4 board and ram if i dont need to

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

Nah not really worth it.. what the full specs of your system and what you using it for?

 

[drmolerat]

its vista hp 64 bit, x2 4200 4 gigs ddr2 and a bfg 8800gt oc, i built if for her for playing games but it was def a budget build. its handled most games she likes to play. shes currently been playing bioshock 2 to on high no aa. i just thought 700 mhz would show some kind of noticable difference when it comes to framerate, also resolution is 1280 x 1024

 

[drmolerat]

even if it's only to keep her pc hangin on for another year, giving me some time to really get an upgrade

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

Your better off OCing the 4200 to 2.5ghz or so, then upgrading the CPU, will save you a bit of cash for similar results

 

[drmolerat]

the boards bios do not allow overclocking, and if they do i have no idea how to make that happen. it all seems locked.

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

You built it yourself and has locked bios thats odd... press delete a few times after u power it up and should bring you to a most likely blue screen with a bit of text, look through here and see if theres anything like tweaking or overclocking on it

 

[drmolerat]

i understand how overclocking works, but in the bios screen where one would usually be able to change multipliers and what not, its all grey.

 

[p1n3apqlexpr3ss]

Youll have to change some stuff from auto to manual probably and also change the bus speed