OT: Upgrading an AMD processor

[Steven Vollom]

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
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Nigel Ridley 
> <nigel at prayingforisrael.net <mailto: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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When I first read your post, I had the same thought.  I don't feel 
qualified to give that advice, but I remember when I had lots of memory 
in my AMD 1800+, it seemed to work as fast as the then cutting edge 
2.4mhz computers my friends had.

Now I am going from 2.4ghz to 2.4 Quad core, so I missed the 
in-between.  I wish I had posted now, it might have been helpful, and I 
would very much like to be helpful to you, Nigel, as much as you have 
helped me.

Steven