OT: Upgrading an AMD processor

[uriah heep]

Ram is cheap and would be a first step. If thats not enough and your
motherboard accepts the dual core it should also be inexpensive.  At 4 years
old you might want to start thinking about a motherboard/cpu upgrade in the
not to distant future rather than spending much on your current system.

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:51 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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