Compaq Presario Processor upgrade

cobra11

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alright, i got the new powersupply for the Compaq Presario SR1710NX and now one of the things im lookin into is a AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2GHz CPU Processor

socket 939, im wanting to know is the stock fan enought?, im not aware if hp just uses alot of the same parts on a bunch of their models or not?

if yall want to know why im upgradin such a low pc, well lets just say it was free, and even though i got 8 computers in my house only 2 are dual, so im aimin to have a 3rd now mainly cause one of the duals is a laptop :(

anyways im just wonderin if the stock will be fine, and also if the board supports it
 

JRock247

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Looks like your motherboard can handle the Athlon 64 X2 3800, see the following link to HP's website for the specification of your machine, (HP own Compaq) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00496280&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=1817035

Looks like your machine will support all the way up to a X2 4800 CPU. I would say the stock heatsink should be fine but to be on the safe side, I would suggest buying a better one, look on eBay. You won't need anything too fancy, unless you want to overclock???