Upgrade mobo in HP p6270z

[glasshalffull]

I have a 9 month old hp p6270z and I run alot of programs at once on it.

lately it's been dragging along and locking up quite a bit and I'm thinking that upgrading the motherboard might help. I run multiple virus, spyware, malware programs and defrag once a week so i think i'm clear from any of the typical problems that can cause a sluggish computer.

what would be a good upgrade motherboard that will perform well in running multiple programs? No gaming, more video editing and multiple programs running at once.

thanks

this is my setup:

Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB DDR3-SDRAM (1333 MHz)

Motherboard
System Board
Chipset AMD RS780/RS880
Southbridge AMD SB700/SB710/SB750
Base Board
Manufacturer FOXCONN
Product ALOE

AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Name AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor

Video Card
ATI Radeon HD 4350 512 mb

 

[rolli59]

The motherboard does not speed things up. A faster CPU would!
If you think the motherboard is failing then it should be under warranty from HP.

 

[glasshalffull]

thanks rolli,

I just got back from microcenter and they said the same thing and recommended i go with the the AMD 965 Phenom x4 black edition.

If I needed to upgrade my cpu wouldn't i be seeing the cpu usage running near it's limits? I'm not seeing my cpu usage running high at all...usually around 25-30%

 

[rolli59]

It is probably not the CPU creating your issues. The hangs you are experiencing could be because of failing hardware or to many processes going on at the same time.