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Processor Upgrade Question

Postby PD87 » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:14 pm

I'd like to borrow some expertise from you guys, as I dont have much knowledge in this area. I currently have a Sony Vaio PC(check specs in sig) with a Pentium 4 3.0ghz processor, and I'm thinking about upgrading to a newer processor.

1. Any recommendations on which particular processor to buy? ($300 or less is my limit at the moment)
2. Are they compatible with my PC? (is it a simple- remove one, install the other, or is there more to it than that)?
3. Any other issues I may be missing?

Thanks much.

-Jack
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Re: Processor Upgrade Question

Postby stuart1044 » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:59 am

From what i believe, the processor will have to be compatable with the motherboard, for it to just be simply changed over ;)
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Re: Processor Upgrade Question

Postby Brett_Henderson » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:53 am

If you've had that computer long enough to want to upgrade, I'd imagine that it's a socket 478... which means at 3.0ghz, you're already at the top.

If it's a socket 775, you might be able to go with a P4 3.8ghz Prescott

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116025

But that gets into the gray area of whether that money would be better spent toward a new computer, because in my (relatively naive) opinion, your video-card is already the bottleneck. By the time you upgrade both the CPU and v-card, in what's now a dual (if not quad) core world, it might be best to wait and go the whole nine yards..
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Re: Processor Upgrade Question

Postby Brett_Henderson » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:36 am

Ok.. I did a little research... your computer "should" have an ASUS  PTGD-VX motherboard, which has a a 915 chipset. It is socket 775, but not dual-core capable..

If for some lucky reason, it has a 945 or 965 chipset (I saw a couple of stray links claiming their Vaio PCV-RS720G had those chipsets), it will take a Core-Duo CPU...  Not likely, though..
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Re: Processor Upgrade Question

Postby PD87 » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:58 pm

Thank you sir (and Stuart), in that case, I may just keep saving my pennies for a new system lol. ;)

Doesnt seem worth it at this time, because I DO need a new video card as well, and any VC upgrade (from what I have now) would require that I upgrade my power supply also...
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