I made the inexperienced move of buying a built computer back in the day. Now I'm wanting to add the right components to help it be all it can be. But with the chip being a few years old, the motherboard selection has really thinned out.
Have a Cooler Master HAF 912, Asus IPIBL-LB motherboard, Q6600, 650W PSU (Single rail), GTS 450, DVD, 5GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM, 750GB HDD
The way HP has everything set up, it seems that I can't touch the BIOS to do an overclock... (I bought a Cooler Master N520 for the overclock). Is there a way for me to get a new set of BIOS for my existing board? Or do I need to just buy a new board? (looking at GA-P45-ES3G (v1.3) or G41M-P26 ... plus DDR3 RAM)
Also, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that my System Restore discs from HP give me, not only Windows, but reinstall the default BIOS? Will I also need to get Windows 7?
Have a Cooler Master HAF 912, Asus IPIBL-LB motherboard, Q6600, 650W PSU (Single rail), GTS 450, DVD, 5GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM, 750GB HDD
The way HP has everything set up, it seems that I can't touch the BIOS to do an overclock... (I bought a Cooler Master N520 for the overclock). Is there a way for me to get a new set of BIOS for my existing board? Or do I need to just buy a new board? (looking at GA-P45-ES3G (v1.3) or G41M-P26 ... plus DDR3 RAM)
Also, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that my System Restore discs from HP give me, not only Windows, but reinstall the default BIOS? Will I also need to get Windows 7?
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