Advice On A More Powerful Desktop Pc Processor

[RATTER15]

Is there a programme that will read my PC and advise me on a more powerful chip set to suit?

[VHG]

Note that you cant just buy the latest fastest CPU and put it in your PC.

It depends what socket the motherboard has.

The socket type (Intel or AMD) and the socket number (LGA 1151 for example) denote what CPU "family" go in there.

Then you need to find the fastest CPU in that FAMILY to fit in your motherboard.

You may also need to check with the PC or motherboard manufacturer to see if you can use that CPU (the BIOS might not support it or you may need to update the BIOS).

Note also that if it is an old PC you may have trouble buying a CPU that fits it. Once a new family of CPUs come out they often stop making the old family so you have to buy second hand of ebay or whatever.

Note that buying a CPU that is twice as fast as your current CPU will not double the speed of the computer. There are all sorts of other factors that affect computer speed (memory speed, BUS speed, hard disk speed, graphics card speed and so on).

So you may go to all the bother of putting in a new CPU and find you only gain 10% speed improvement.

Belarc Advisor will tell you all you need to know about your PC (socket type etc), get it from here:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

[RATTER15]

This is what Belarc tells me about my current processor, however I am none the wiser as to an upgrade.

"1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium Dual E2160
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded"

and this is my Mobo

"Board: Dell Inc. 0CU409
Serial Number: ..CN7360479C038D.
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. 1.0.16 09/20/2008"

[SlackAlice]

These are your Mobo specs and the processor is socket LGA775 with the caveat you cannot have quad core versions.

http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/dell-0cu409-specs/

Have been unable to find any sellers of these old processors except secondhand on Ebay, which I defo wouldn't recommend.

[Samuraisan]

This post is like reading a foreign language !

[hc4361]

Time for a new pc, I think

[Old_Geezer]

I have rarely found a need to upgrade the processor. By the time it is showing it's age chances are the rest of the PC is also.

Piriform Speccy can give you good info too.

Check out the state of your other resources. They may be worth upgrading.

[RATTER15]

Oh well, a new PC may be on the horizon then. Will see how it performs with the new graphics card.

[RATTER15]

Well, I put my new graphics card into PC and IG has improved no end, not perfect, but pretty close. I am now getting 9 frames per second at its worst, usually 12 -15. So spent most of the day playing WOW. :-) well I am off work today with s stinking cold.

[hc4361]

:)

[TTG]

Self-build is the way forward or get a spec from PC Specialist. Just join the helpful forum and post a budget and intended use. You will get get answers very quickly.