OT: Upgrading an AMD processor

[Nigel Ridley]

Tycho Andersen wrote:
> Nigel:
> 
> How much RAM does the system have, and do you know if you can add more? That
> may be another (possibly cheaper) option to upgrading the system, and you
> might see better results depending on where the bottleneck is.
> 
> Tycho

It has 1GB and yes there is room for more.

Nigel


> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Nigel Ridley <nigel at prayingforisrael.net>wrote:
> 
>> I have a 4 year old AMD Athlon 64 3000 Venice 939 processor on a MSI K8N
>> Neo4 mainboard. My two
>> boys are complaining that Kubuntu 8.10 is running too slow for them.....
>>
>> I am thinking about upgrading the processor to something more modern. The
>> fastest similar
>> processor that I can find is the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Socket 939; but there
>> is also an Athlon 64
>> X2 4600+ Socket 939.
>>
>> Are the X2 processors compatible with older mainboards? Or would a BIOS
>> update take care of things?
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Nigel
>>
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