I bought this HP system and have installed a Soundblaster card, a Radeon HD4650, and more RAM (3GB total in the system) but I am looking at upgrading the processor as it's nearing three years old now.
I am not well versed in hardware but it appears I can't do much upgrading at all to the CPU on this motherboard. Maybe a very little at most. So I am wondering if perhaps someone might be able to suggest something for me that fits in the case and gives me a decent dual core or even a cheaper quad core that isn't garbage and a motherboard for it.
I buy most of my stuff from http://www.canadacomputers.com as I live in Canada (newegg.ca is an option as well), and I don't have a budget number in mind but not looking to break the bank. Between 200-500?
My computer specifications: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfr...&jumpid=reg_R1002_CAEN
Motherboard: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfr...name=c00748726&dlc=en#
I am not well versed in hardware but it appears I can't do much upgrading at all to the CPU on this motherboard. Maybe a very little at most. So I am wondering if perhaps someone might be able to suggest something for me that fits in the case and gives me a decent dual core or even a cheaper quad core that isn't garbage and a motherboard for it.
I buy most of my stuff from http://www.canadacomputers.com as I live in Canada (newegg.ca is an option as well), and I don't have a budget number in mind but not looking to break the bank. Between 200-500?
My computer specifications: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfr...&jumpid=reg_R1002_CAEN
Motherboard: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfr...name=c00748726&dlc=en#