Upgrading, Motherboard and CPU?

You won't go wrong with an Asus, but what you do with your system is the major decider as to which processor and motherboard you may need. For instance, if you only do office suites and internet any low level Intel, Asus, Gigabyte, etc. board will work and the lowest Intel Core2 Duo will be very adequate. If you are doing major 3D art and rendering, CAD, CAM, or major Gaming you will want if possible the Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition and a corresponding motherboard from Asus or Intel only. You will also want to make sure you are using XP PRO/64 or Vista Ultimate64 and minimum of 4 gig DDR3 SDRAM

Never mind James as he apparantly doesn't realize that some people don't know where to find all the info...but I wish you had mentioned the brand you prefer...

AMD or Intel...I can guess that you either have an AMD socket AM2 motherboard or a 478 socket Intel

motherboard (please don't say you have a 939 socket motherboard...

I do but don't tell anyone) which both have DDR memory (in most cases) because the way you said DDR2 or DDR3...it's like saying I want a new car and I'd like it to run on unleaded gas...not a put down, just makes me think you now have DDR memory...

You didn't mention the price range you would like to stick to so I will give you the best recomendation ( I don't know very much about Intel, so I will leave that aria up to someone else) that I know of/w some other info also...

#1 Quads are for CPU intense programs (engineering video editing etc) and

the lower end of the Quad field does not do as good on games as the higher end of the dual cores...see charts (CPU) on this site...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/How-To,4/

And you didn't say if your computer case needs an AXT motherboard or a micro ATX motherboard(mobo)...so...I will stick to three reasonable priced ones and some

good processors (CPU's) (but check where they are on the

chart )

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Buying a CPU that is Quad core but has only 2.5 or 2.7 GHZ speed to get a quad

but cheaply gets almost exactly the same results (check the chart) as a good dual core but for more money and you get very little (extra as compared to a dual) for your money...unless you run programs like engineering or video editing...

Depending on how much money you have, if you're considering buying both a motherboard and a processor then it may be worth skipping Core2 chips altogether and going for a Core i5 or i7 chip. Remember that which you choose will determine what sort of board you'll need as they have different processor sockets from each other.

i bought this board from new egg and i love it.

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you can have up to a core 2 quad processor and 8 Gb ram. the OCing on this thing for the money is amazing. i highly recommend this for an upgrade.

This is a lot of work, and something you should find out for yourself, that's not much of a question more of wanting people to do this for you. Either you could look it up, or take in all the info you have and what you want to a electronics store and see what you come up with.

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