A Reggae Lee Bowyer Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I have a pretty low spec PC that I use for work but I want to beef it up a little within a budget of around $150-200. It currently has a Foxconn G33M02 motherboard with a dual core Pentium processor. The properties window of My Computer displays "Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz 1.60GHz" My ram is already sufficient so I'm considering upgrading the processor. The specs of my motherboard as shown here suggest that my board can take a quad core chip. Socket type LGA775. It seems on ebay I can pick up a 2.5 quad for a reasonable price like this one. My question is am I missing anything here with regards to compatibility that I should be aware of? The only thing I know to go by is the socket type. Also how will my PC be affected in terms of its current use and data when I switch the processor? Can I expect to just resume as normal but with better speeds or are my installed programs and such likely to stop working and need re-installing? That's it really unless anyone knows of any other important factors that I am neglecting. Thanks in advance. I know this isn't a PC forum but there's a lot of clever trevors around here whos advice I would really appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Processor should be fine, incompatibility most likely won't be a problem I don't think. Some software might throw a wobbly but I doubt it. Personally if you want to see a fast increase in speed I recommend you pick up a relatively small solid state hard drive, use that as your OS drive and put your existing one in as a secondary for data. You'll notice it's miles faster on SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Reggae Lee Bowyer Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thank you. I think I may make the SSD a next priority. Sounds like a good tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Reggae Lee Bowyer Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Do Intel processors usually come with thermal paste in the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Yeah, it will have a thermal pad on the bottom of the heatsink. You may need to flash your BIOS to work w/ the quad-core, check that. edit: totally seconding the SSD< just got a 128GB about a month ago. fucking blazing! :sup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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