Going to upgrade my processor?

Question

and would like to if its just a case of out with the old and in with the new or does it involve anything more technical?

Ps: I've got a 1.35 in now but will be putting in a 2.8mhz or higher

Answer 1

It could be but it depends on what chips your motherboard supports. Call your System manufacturer to find out what upgrade options you have with your system.

In my humble opinion you get better bang for your buck by upgrading system ram rather then the processor.

Answer 2

What make of processor do you have? since

"Ps: I've got a 1.35 in now but will be putting in a 2.8mhz or higher"

Seems unlikely on either due to a 1.35 ghz processor would be using an entirely different socket than a 2.8 ghz (by the way its ghz not mhz)

Give more information then I can tell you if the processor is compatible with your motherboard.

Once you know if your processor will be capatible alls you do is remove the heatsink and fan, you then will need to clean off any old thermal paste or thermal pad, apply new thermal paste or pad put in new processor, and put the heatsink and fan back on.

Speaking of heatsink and fan you won't be able to use the same one if your processor is capatible since the heat generated from the new processor will be far greater than that of the old

Answer 3

First, iI don't think you have a 1.35 and...you won't put a 2.8 MHz (with a "M"). 1.35 doesn't exist and even the first PC was faster than a 2.8 MHz...maybe 2.8GHz?

I'm not here only to correct your mistakes, but what all that means ?

It means, you have to be more specific and precise when it's question to upgrade a computer. You need to have an exact knowledge of what you're doing.

You need to know a lot of things: the brand of your CPU (Intel, AMD or something else), its model, all the specifications of that model (socket, voltage, max FSB, speed...). Same thing about your motherboard (the most important piece of your computer, because everything depend on it and its capacities...), your memory, your hard drive, your video card, etc...

Everything is specific !

My advice? Ask somebody who knows and who can teach you all that stuff to help you and show you what to do.

Good luck

Answer 4

I'm afraid that this question will be next to impossible to answer until we find out who manufactured your processor and motherboard.

If you are referring to a 1.35 GHz Pentium 4, then a 2.8GHz (I am assuming you meant GHz, not MHz ) P4 might be a simple replacement. That is also assuming that your motherboard will handle such a processor. You will definitely not be able to put an AMD processor into a board that currently runs and Intel processor, and vice versa.

You might just be better served to get a new motherboard/ processor/ memory combination.

Answer 5

Your motherboard must be compatible. I tried to up-grade a HP, and ended up with an almost new computer. I kept the hard drive, dvd burner, and media card reader. I bought a mother boaed, cpu, video card, and a sound card. I had to buy windows and a dvd decoder. I just ordered a new cpu cooler as the one I was given doesn't keep it cool enough. In retrospect I should have kept the HP and built a new one from scratch. If your motherboard will handle the new cpu, you should be good to go. However, I am glad I built one for the experience but I should have kept the HP. Good luck and keep me informed.

Answer 6

you need to post more info - is your motherboard AMD or Intel? If it's AMD it could be Socket A, 754, 939 or AM2.
If it's Intel, then maybe someone else can help, but you need to know what it is before buying a new processor.
If you don't know, then try Belarc advisor, which should give you info on your motherboard under "main circuit board".

Answer 7

you're going to have to be a bit more specific than that, is it an Intel or AMD what board do you have etc

Answer 8

check your manual it will tell the max size and type of cpu you can have
also what type and amount of memory you can have