Thanks for that information Sammorris! You too Kokkie99, youve both been very helpful. I have a question though, I have an HP comp I bought for my sis a while back and took back since she didn't want. As far as I know it's not possible to OC on my current board, would it be best to replace this board, take out the current CPU and place it in a new mobo and overclock it from there? Is that possible to do?
Depends if it will fit in the case. The HP I repaired would accept a new board, not sure if it'll be the same for you. Even if you did, overclocking a board in a case with basically no cooling would be ill advised.
The case I can take care of without problems, was just wondering if there would be any problems is removing my current CPU from this board and putting it in an upgraded one. I currently have an AMD Athlon 64 3800 that came with this comp. I figured I'd just upgrade the board along with the case and since I'm getting a new CPU cooler anyways oc the CPU while I'm at it, is that possible or would there be any restrictions?
If it's a socket AM2 CPU it will fit in pretty much any current (AMD) AM2 board. If it's socket 939 though you've had it, you need a new CPU too.
lol just my luck it's a 939, was hoping you wouldn't say that since I was researching it a few days ago
Socket 939 was replaced by the AM2 Athlon dual cores in late 2006. The AM2 line has continued until now. Though the 3800+ has long since been discontinued the AM2 socket is still around today.
