I've been thinking about my system lately (in my signature). Hard drives are fine, gpu is fine (could oc it if I want to, might eventually), RAM is fine (3 gb), motherboard can't oc, and processor isn't bad, but I would like to OC it.
Since my motherboard (well, the BIOS) doesn't have the ability to overclock, the only way I'm going to get more performance there (besides OS tweaks) is by getting a better processor. Now I don't know if I will get one in the near future, if at all. But I was just wondering what would be a good possible upgrade.
Here are my mobo specs: Motherboard Specifications, M2N68-LA (Narra3)*
Here is my power supply: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NjU=
Since the socket is AM2+, I searched the Egg with AM2+ socket type as a parameter. I got: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,CPUs / Processors,Processors - Desktops,Socket AM2+
The one that caught my eye was Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Processors - Desktops.
You might ask why don't I just get a new motherboard then have the ability to oc? I thought most prebuilts have mobo designs built to that specific computer? Or am I wrong?
I just mainly want to know:
1. Could my current motherboard and psu handle the load of a newer, faster processor?
2. Is that Phenom II Black Edition a worthy upgrade?
Thanks in advance .
Since my motherboard (well, the BIOS) doesn't have the ability to overclock, the only way I'm going to get more performance there (besides OS tweaks) is by getting a better processor. Now I don't know if I will get one in the near future, if at all. But I was just wondering what would be a good possible upgrade.
Here are my mobo specs: Motherboard Specifications, M2N68-LA (Narra3)*
Here is my power supply: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NjU=
Since the socket is AM2+, I searched the Egg with AM2+ socket type as a parameter. I got: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,CPUs / Processors,Processors - Desktops,Socket AM2+
The one that caught my eye was Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Processors - Desktops.
You might ask why don't I just get a new motherboard then have the ability to oc? I thought most prebuilts have mobo designs built to that specific computer? Or am I wrong?
I just mainly want to know:
1. Could my current motherboard and psu handle the load of a newer, faster processor?
2. Is that Phenom II Black Edition a worthy upgrade?
Thanks in advance .